LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session April 25, 2001 TO: Honorable Bob Turner, Chair, House Committee on Public Safety 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 other requirements imposed on persons by the sex offender registration program.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted ************************************************************************** * Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for * * SB1380, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted: 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. * ************************************************************************** General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: **************************************************** * 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) * **************************************************** All Funds, Five-Year Impact: *************************************************************************** *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 * *************************************************************************** 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