LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 16, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on
               Criminal Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1247  by Turner, Sylvester (Relating to the
               applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense
               committed by a person with mental retardation.), As
               Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would amend the Penal Code by prohibiting the punishment of
death for an offense committed while the person was with mental
retardation.

Under current law and policy, the average time served in prison by
persons likely to be affected by the provisions of this bill is greater
than five years.  Therefore, no significant impact on demands on the
adult corrections agencies is anticipated during the first five years
following passage.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, GG