LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                               May 11, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Kenneth Armbrister, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Criminal Justice
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB3504  by Allen (Relating to sanctions imposed on
               certain persons following modification of parole or
               release on mandatory supervision.), As Engrossed
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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If an individual's parole or mandatory supervision is modified after
violating a condition of release, the bill would allow the Board of
Pardons and Paroles to require the individual to be confined in a county
jail for a period of not less than 60 days or more than 180 days.  A
county jail would only be required to accept the offender if the
commissioners court of the county has entered into a contract with the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice to house such persons.  The bill
would take effect September 1, 2001.

The bill would result in additional costs if it is used to incarcerate
parole violators that otherwise would not have been incarcerated.  The
bill would result in cost savings if it is used as an alternative to
revocation since the term of incarceration under the provisions of the
bill would be shorter than a revocation to prison.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.  The impact on a specific county would depend on the extent
to which the local incarceration sanction is utilized.  Counties would
receive payments from the State to house individuals sanctioned.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, VS