LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                                May 3, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on
               Criminal Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB1421  by West, Royce (relating to certain court costs
               imposed on a person convicted of an offense.), Committee
               Report 2nd House, as amended
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  SB1421, Committee Report 2nd House, as amended:  positive impact      *
*  of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2003.                    *
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The bill would provide the legal basis for increased revenue into the
Center for the Study and Prevention of Juvenile Crime and Delinquency
Account.
  
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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          *  Fiscal Year  Probable Net Positive/(Negative)   *
          *               Impact to General Revenue Related  *
          *                             Funds                *
          *       2002                                   $0  *
          *       2003                                    0  *
          *       2004                                    0  *
          *       2005                                    0  *
          *       2006                                    0  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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         * Fiscal Year    Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from   *
         *               Center for Study and Prevention of   *
         *               Juvenile Crime and Delinquency/ GR   *
         *                            Dedicated               *
         *                              5029                  *
         *      2002                               $1,040,000 *
         *      2003                                1,534,000 *
         *      2004                                1,534,000 *
         *      2005                                1,534,000 *
         *      2006                                1,534,000 *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would amend Article 102.075(m), Code of Criminal Procedure, to
increase from $.25 to $.50 the juvenile crime and delinquency court cost
that applies on conviction of criminal offenses.  Cities and counties
would continue to retain a 10 percent administrative fee for collection
and remit 90 percent to the Comptroller for deposit in the Center for the
Study and Prevention of Juvenile Crime and Delinquency Account. 

The bill would take effect September 1, 2001 and apply to conviction of
offenses committed on or after that date.
  
  
Methodology
  
Estimates of the increased revenues from the proposed court cost increase
were based on data from the 2002-03 Biennial Revenue Estimate, adjusted
for offenses committed and adjudicated after the effective date and
deducting the 10 percent administration fee that would be retained by
local governments.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
There would be an approximate revenue increase to local governments of
approximately $116,000 for state fiscal year 2002 and $170,000 for state
fiscal year 2003, which represent increased revenue from a 10 percent
administrative fee collected by counties.  The estimated revenue
increase would be offset by any costs incurred by cities and counties
for making changes locally to administer the increase.
  
  
Source Agencies:   212   Office of Court Administration, 304
                   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, TB, JN