LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 26, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Pat Haggerty, Chair, House Committee on
               Corrections
  
        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.), As Introduced
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Fundsfor     *
*  HB588, As Introduced:  negative impact of $(5,149,060) 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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All Funds, Six-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                      $(2,707,540)                             6.0 *
*  2003                       (2,441,520)                             6.0 *
*  2004                         (985,310)                             6.0 *
*  2005                         (987,070)                             6.0 *
*  2006                         (988,670)                             6.0 *
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*Fiscal    Probable Savings/(Cost) from     Change in Number of State     *
* Year         General Revenue Fund           Employees from FY 2000      *
*                      0001                                               *
*  2001                        $(396,081)                             6.0 *
*  2002                       (2,635,423)                             6.0 *
*  2003                       (2,117,556)                             6.0 *
*  2004                         (985,310)                             6.0 *
*  2005                         (987,070)                             6.0 *
*  2006                         (988,670)                             6.0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would require all 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).  This bill would apply to current
inmates as well as those who enter the system in the future.

The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of
two-thirds of all the members elected to each house.  Otherwise the bill
would take effect September 1, 2001.
  
  
Methodology
  
TDCJ estimates that the bill would increase DNA collection requirements
approximately tenfold, however, the bill 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 $194,680 during fiscal year 2002 and approximately $53,000
each subsequent year.

DPS estimates that the taking of DNA samples from all present inmates and
the ones arriving in the system yearly, could be completed in two fiscal
years.  After the first two years, DPS would only have to take samples
from arriving inmates.  In fiscal year 2002, the cost would be
approximately $2.5 million, in fiscal year 2003 $2.4 million, and 934,000
in fiscal year 2004 and subsequent years.

DPS estimates that the number of additional samples that would occur is
65,300 in fiscal year 2002, 61,700 in fiscal year 2003, and 18,300 in
subsequent years.  Six additional personnel would be needed to enter the
information from the DNA analysis into DPS systems.  The personnel would
consist of three CODIS analysts, 2 CODIS technicians, and one Automated
Fingerprint Indexing System technician.  Total salary costs for these
individuals would be $198,480 per year with associated annual benefits
of $56,130.  The DNA samples would be outsourced at a cost of $30 per
sample resulting in a $1,959,000 cost in fiscal year 2002, $1,851,000 in
fiscal year 2003, and $549,000 in subsequent fiscal years.  Operating
costs for this program related to sample kits, DNA kits, reagents,
glassware and chemical costs are estimated to be $287,850 in fiscal year
2002, $274,150 in fiscal year 2003, and $119,100 in subsequent fiscal
years.  The second table shows the costs as would occur if the bill were
to take effect immediately.  Essentially a portion of the costs that
would occur in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 would be allocated to fiscal
year 2001.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   694   Texas Youth Commission, 405   Texas Department
                   of Public Safety, 696   Texas Department of Criminal
                   Justice
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, JN, DG