LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
May 11, 2001
TO: Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on
Jurisprudence
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1118 by Goodman (Relating to the adjudication and
disposition of juvenile conduct and the administration of
the juvenile justice system.), Committee Report 2nd
House, as amended
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB1118, Committee Report 2nd House, as amended: negative impact *
* of $(1,483,091) 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 $(552,653) *
* 2003 (930,438) *
* 2004 (973,786) *
* 2005 (1,004,246) *
* 2006 (1,084,824) *
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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 $(552,653) 1.0 *
* 2003 (930,438) 1.0 *
* 2004 (973,786) 2.0 *
* 2005 (1,004,246) 2.0 *
* 2006 (1,084,824) 3.0 *
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Technology Impact
According to the Department of Public Safety (DPS), programming at the
agency would be necessary to allow certain access to restricted records.
Website programming by DPS' Crime Records Services is $95 per hour.
Database programming is contracted at $120 per hour. DPS estimates total
programming costs would be $98,730. Other technology costs include
software, computer, and printer costs at $2,836 for a total of $101,566
for the biennium.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would reduce the number of prior adjudications required for a
youth to be committed to Texas Youth Commission (TYC) for a Class A or B
misdemeanor; thus, resulting new commitments may exceed population
projections. The total estimated 2002-03 biennium cost to TYC would be
$1,303,050.
For DPS, costs center around technological changes needed to implement
provisions relative to access to juvenile records. The total estimated
2002-03 biennium cost to DPS would be $180,041.
Methodology
For increased populations at TYC, the average daily rate ($102) used to
place a youth in contract care was used to calculate additional costs.
Increase in demand for TYC capacity is estimated at 11 for FY 2002, 24
for FY 2003 and FY 2004, and 25 for FY 2005.
DPS estimates that 3,000 records will be restricted in FY 2002, 5,000 in
FY 2003, 7,000 in FY 2004, 9,000 in FY 2005, and 11,000 FY 2006. DPS
estimates the need for an additional FTE for the first year and an
additional FTE each biennium to process notifications to the juvenile
court and perform quality control on the restricted records.
Local Government Impact
Dallas county indicated the bill would not have any fiscal impact.
Dallas has already implemented a Local Juvenile Justice Information
System using a Juvenile Accountability Incentive federal block grant.
Jefferson county reported estimated expenditures of $233,000 the first
year, and $125,000 annually to maintain the system. These figures
include training, purchasing equipment, and two additional personnel.
Staff in Jefferson county indicated the estimate would not vary
substantially if they work cooperatively or independently of Dallas
county.
Travis county indicated that they currently collect a large portion of
the information that is required in the bill. Travis county does not
feel that the bill will have a significant fiscal impact. Harris county
also reported that the bill will not have a significant fiscal impact.
Source Agencies: 405 Texas Department of Public Safety, 212 Office
of Court Administration, 530 Department of
Protective and Regulatory Services, 665 Texas
Juvenile Probation Commission
LBB Staff: JK, TB, AJ, DW