LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
April 26, 2001
TO: Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on
Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2696 by Hinojosa (relating to the duties of peace
officers, law enforcement agencies, and attorneys
representing the state in asset forfeiture
proceedings.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB2696, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: positive impact *
* of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2003. *
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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 $0 *
* 2003 0 *
* 2004 0 *
* 2005 0 *
* 2006 0 *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Probable Change in Number of *
* Year Savings/(Cost) from Savings/(Cost) from State Employees from *
* Law Enforcement Law Enforcement FY 2001 *
* Officer Standards Management Institute *
* and Education Account/ *
* Account/ GR-Dedicated *
* GR-Dedicated 0581 *
* 0116 *
* 2002 $(57,600) $(243,100) 2.5 *
* 2003 0 (243,100) 2.5 *
* 2004 0 (243,100) 2.5 *
* 2005 0 (243,100) 2.5 *
* 2006 0 (243,100) 2.5 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill, as substituted, would amend certain provisions in the Code of
Criminal Procedure, the Education Code, and the Occupations Code,
relating to civil asset forfeiture and asset forfeiture education for
peace officers. The bill would require the Commission on Law
Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE) and the Bill
Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas at Sam Houston
State University to establish a comprehensive education and training
program on asset forfeiture that would be part of the initial training
and continuing education program for law enforcement personnel.
Methodology
TCLEOSE would incur costs associated with the development of the
curriculum for the required training. Based on an estimated 12 hours of
curriculum, requiring a projected 100 hours of developer time, TCLEOSE
estimates a cost of $57,600 in fiscal year 2002 for personnel and related
costs.
Sam Houston State University estimates that the ongoing cost for
providing the asset forfeiture education program will be $243,100 to
cover the costs associated with 2.5 full-time equivalent employees to
coordinate the new program and provide the training.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source Agencies: 407 Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards
and Education, 405 Texas Department of Public
Safety, 302 Office of the Attorney General, 304
Comptroller of Public Accounts, 753 Sam Houston
State University
LBB Staff: JK, JC, SC