LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 19, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Pat Haggerty, Chair, House Committee on
               Corrections
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2494  by Haggerty (Relating to the ratification of the
               Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.), As
               Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would create the Texas State Council for Interstate Adult
Offender Supervision.  The Council would consist of the executive
director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the executive
director's designee, three members appointed by the governor, one member
appointed by the presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals, one
member appointed by the lieutenant governor, and one member appointed by
the speaker of the house of representatives.  The Council would advise
the compact administrator on the State's participation in the activities
of the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision and the
administration of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.
For the purposes of this analysis, it is assumed that the members of the
Council would receive no additional compensation.  The bill would also
enter the State into the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender
Supervision for the control and regulation of the interstate movement of
offenders.  For the purposes of this analysis, it is assumed that the
Interstate Compact would not significantly alter the current status of
interstate supervision of offenders.  Costs associated with the bill
would ultimately depend on the rules promulgated and fees assessed by the
Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision.  The Texas
Department of Criminal Justice reports that tentative estimates would
increase the state assessment for participation in the Interstate Compact
from $2,000 to $50,000 per year.  The bill would also repeal Article
42.11, Code of Criminal Procedure, relating to the supervision of
out-of-state parolees, on the first anniversary of the date on which the
Interstate Compact becomes effective.

The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of
two-thirds of all members in each house.  If not, the bill would take
effect September 1, 2001.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts, 696   Texas
                   Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, VS