LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 3, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Pat Haggerty, Chair, House Committee on
               Corrections
  
        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 Introduced
  
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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 an
administrative violation or an offense punishable by fine only, the bill
would allow the Board of Pardons and Paroles to require the individual to
be confined in a county jail for a period not to exceed 30 days, or for
a period not to exceed 90 days if the person has previously had an
administrative violation or an offense punishable by fine only.  A county
jail would only be required to accept the offender if they have 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 much 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:   696   Texas Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, VS