LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
May 4, 2001
TO: Honorable Bill Ratliff, Lieutenant Governor, Senate
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1380 by Armbrister (relating to the administration and
application of the sex offender registration program and
to the other requirements imposed on persons by the sex
offender registration program.), As Passed 2nd House
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* SB1380, As Passed 2nd House: negative impact of $(511,176) *
* through the biennium ending August 31, 2003. *
* *
* The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal *
* basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of *
* the bill. *
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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 $(445,870) *
* 2003 (65,306) *
* 2004 (65,306) *
* 2005 (65,306) *
* 2006 (65,306) *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Savings/(Cost) from Change in Number of State *
* Year General Revenue Fund Employees from FY 2001 *
* 0001 *
* 2002 $(445,870) 2.5 *
* 2003 (65,306) 0.5 *
* 2004 (65,306) 0.5 *
* 2005 (65,306) 0.5 *
* 2006 (65,306) 0.5 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would make it mandatory for all convicted sex offenders to
submit a blood sample or other specimen to the Department of Public
Safety (DPS) for the purpose of creating a DNA record of the defendant.
The bill would cover adult and juvenile sex offenders on probation,
offenders on parole and mandatory supervision, and offenders in the
Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Youth Commission who have
not yet submitted a blood sample.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2001.
Methodology
DPS estimates that there are approximately 10,000 convicted sex offenders
that would be affected by this bill that have not given blood samples
for DNA analysis. For Fiscal years 2003 and beyond it is estimated that
a total of 1,500 DNA samples would be taken due to the amount of
offenders being placed on probation or parole during those particular
years.
DPS estimates that the 10,000 convicted sex offenders could be processed
by the DPS crime laboratory during fiscal year 2002 if the samples are
analyzed on a contractual basis at a first year cost of $445,870. This
cost includes 2.5 full-time DNA technicians at with salary costs of
$83,700 and associated benefits of $23,670. In subsequent years to deal
with the probation and parole samples, DPS would need only a part-time
DNA technician with a salary cost of $13,140 an associated benefits of
$3,716 annually.
Other expenses include operating expenses which would be $2,250 in fiscal
year 2002 dropping to $450 in subsequent years and DNA sample processing
kits which would be $336,250 in fiscal year 2002 dropping to $48,000 in
subsequent years.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration, 405 Texas
Department of Public Safety, 694 Texas Youth
Commission, 696 Texas Department of Criminal
Justice
LBB Staff: JK, JC, DG