LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
May 10, 2001
TO: Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on
Jurisprudence
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB588 by Garcia (Relating to the creation of a DNA
record for certain persons convicted of a felony or
adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct
constituting a felony offense; providing a penalty.), As
Engrossed
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB588, As Engrossed: negative impact of $(1,708,010) 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 $(854,005) *
* 2003 (854,005) *
* 2004 (854,005) *
* 2005 (854,005) *
* 2006 (854,005) *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Savings/(Cost) from Change in Number of State *
* Year General Revenue Fund Employees from FY 2001 *
* 0001 *
* 2002 $(854,005) 5.0 *
* 2003 (854,005) 5.0 *
* 2004 (854,005) 5.0 *
* 2005 (854,005) 5.0 *
* 2006 (854,005) 5.0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would require most inmates serving a sentence for a felony in
the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
(TDCJ) and all juveniles that have committed felonies and are
incarcerated by the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) to submit samples for
DNA typing and entry into the Department of Public Safety's (DPS)
Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). The bill would require the directors
of TDCJ and DPS to prioritize the taking of DNA typing samples if either
agency director determines that sufficient funds were not appropriated to
the agency to do all samples required under the bill.
The bill would only apply to inmates admitted after the effective date of
the bill. The bill would take effect January 1, 2002.
Methodology
TDCJ estimates that the bill would increase DNA collection requirements,
however any increase would not have a significant fiscal impact on agency
operations.
TYC estimates the cost to be $40.00 per youth for a blood sample taken
from a private lab. Based on the number of eligible juveniles, as
determined by TYC's Research, Planning, and Evaluation Department, the
cost would be $53,000 each fiscal year. However, based on provisions of
the bill which require the director to prioritize samples if
appropriations are insufficient, implementation of the bill is not
expected to have a significant fiscal impact on agency operations.
DPS estimates that 18,300 samples would be processed in each fiscal year.
Five additional personnel would be needed to enter the information from
the DNA analysis into DPS systems. The personnel would consist of two
CODIS analysts, two CODIS technicians, and one Automated Fingerprint
Indexing System technician. Total salary costs for these individuals
would be $160,200 per year with associated annual benefits of $45,305.
The DNA samples would be outsourced at a cost of $30 per sample
resulting in annual costs of $549,000. Operating costs for this program
related to sample kits, DNA kits, reagents, glassware and chemical costs
are estimated to be $99,500 each fiscal year.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 405 Texas Department of Public Safety, 696 Texas
Department of Criminal Justice, 694 Texas Youth
Commission
LBB Staff: JK, TB, DG