LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 6, 2003

TO:	Honorable Ray Allen, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB31 by Hodge (Relating to the provision of educational services to certain inmates imprisoned in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Government Code so that the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice may establish a policy to provide in-cell education to an inmate confined in administrative segregation.  The policy would apply if the inmate would benefit from the education and if the education can be provided to the inmate in a way that does not pose a threat to the health or safety of department staff members or other inmates. 

 

It is assumed that since TDCJ would not be required by the bill to establish a policy to provide in-cell education to an inmate confined in administrative segregation, the cost to the state from the bill would not be significant

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:	696 Department Of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff:	JK, JO, WK, VDS, GG