LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
February 20, 2001
TO: Honorable Pat Haggerty, Chair, House Committee on
Corrections
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB908 by Solomons (Relating to the detention of an
inmate or person pending a hearing on ineligible release
or a charge of violating a condition of parole or
release to mandatory supervision.), As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB908, As Introduced: negative impact of $(119,603,200) 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 $(59,801,600) *
* 2003 (59,801,600) *
* 2004 (59,801,600) *
* 2005 (59,801,600) *
* 2006 (59,801,600) *
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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 $(59,801,600) 0.0 *
* 2003 (59,801,600) 0.0 *
* 2004 (59,801,600) 0.0 *
* 2005 (59,801,600) 0.0 *
* 2006 (59,801,600) 0.0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would allow a facility required to hold a violator of parole or
mandatory supervision to transfer the person, on or after the 11th day
that the person is in the custody of the facility, to a facility
operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) that is not
more than 150 miles from the facility from which the person is to be
transferred. The bill would take effect September 1, 2001.
Methodology
During the last twelve months for which data is available (February 29,
2000 to January 31, 2001), an average of 5,015 parole violators were
being held in county jails. For the purposes of this analysis, it is
assumed that parole violators in county jails are processed in 60 days
and 81.7% of parole violators have been held longer than 11 days (60
days - 11 days/60 days = 0.817) and would be eligible for transfer to a
TDCJ facility. The average cost of incarceration in a TDCJ facility is
$40 per day. The estimated annual cost is $59,801,600 for an average of
4,096 offenders.
Local Government Impact
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards estimates that the cost of
incarceration in county jails averages $33.70 per day. Assuming that
the costs of incarceration for an average of 4,096 parole violators
statewide would be avoided by the counties, there would be an annual
cost savings of $50,382,848 to local government. The cost savings per
county would vary depending on how many parole violators are held by the
county and for how many days.
Source Agencies: 696 Texas Department of Criminal Justice, 410
Criminal Justice Policy Council
LBB Staff: JK, JC, VS, DB, GG