LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 14, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Bob Turner, Chair, House Committee on Public
               Safety
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB354  by Allen (Relating to public access to information
               about fugitives from justice.), As Introduced
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  HB354, As Introduced:  negative impact of $(85,000) through the       *
*  biennium ending August 31, 2003.                                      *
*                                                                        *
*  The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal      *
*  basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of    *
*  the bill.                                                             *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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          *  Fiscal Year  Probable Net Positive/(Negative)   *
          *               Impact to General Revenue Related  *
          *                             Funds                *
          *       2002                            $(85,000)  *
          *       2003                                    0  *
          *       2004                                    0  *
          *       2005                                    0  *
          *       2006                                    0  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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         * Fiscal Year      Probable Savings/(Cost) from      *
         *                      General Revenue Fund          *
         *                              0001                  *
         *      2002                                $(85,000) *
         *      2003                                        0 *
         *      2004                                        0 *
         *      2005                                        0 *
         *      2006                                        0 *
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Technology Impact
  
The Department of Public Safety estimates that implementing this bill
would require hardware and software purchases as well as some systems
programming.
  
  
Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would require DPS to provide information to the public relating
to each fugitive from justice for whom an arrest warrant for a felony
has been issued.  The bill would require that this information be
required without cost to the public in an on-line format.
  
  
Methodology
  
DPS estimates that providing this information to the public in an on-line
format would require computer hardware at a cost of $25,000 and an
additional $60,000 for firewall installation and programming, Web
database programming, and for the designing, coding, and testing of the
new system.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   405   Texas Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, DG