LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session February 12, 2001 TO: Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB3 by Duncan (Relating to establishing procedures for the preservation of evidence containing DNA and postconviction DNA testing.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted ************************************************************************** * No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * ************************************************************************** Methodology: The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) estimates that the bill would likely generate an additional 50 DNA analyses per year. It is assumed these analyses could be absorbed within current resources. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) would have costs related to staff time needed to reproduce, distribute, and store the required information. However, TDCJ estimates that this activity will not have any significant fiscal impact on agency operations. The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of the members of each house. Otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2001. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: LBB Staff: JK, TB, DG