TO: | Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1245 by Armbrister (Relating to the governance of the Crime Victims' Institute.), As Introduced |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2004 | $0 |
2005 | $0 |
2006 | $0 |
2007 | $0 |
2008 | $0 |
Fiscal Year | Probable Savings/(Cost) fromCRIME VICTIMS COMP ACCT 469 |
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2004 | ($288,903) |
2005 | ($306,162) |
2006 | ($328,818) |
2007 | ($352,412) |
2008 | ($376,886) |
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) anticipates a one-time cost of $5,800 in fiscal year 2004 for shipping furniture, computers and Crime Victims Institute documents to Sam Houston State University, funded by the Crime Victims Compensation Fund (0469). The Office of the Attorney General currently operates the Crime Victims’ Institute at a yearly cost of $251,065 out of the Crime Victims Compensation Fund. The Texas State University System anticipates the total cost of governance of the Crime Victims’ Institute at $534,168 in fiscal year 2004 and anticipates the cost to increase to $627,951 by fiscal year 2008, the last year of this analysis.
For this analysis it is assumed that $251,065 (the current cost of operating the program out of the OAG) would continue to be used to fund the program out of Sam Houston State University. It is also assumed that the additional cost of operating the program to Sam Houston State University would come from the Crime Victims Compensation Fund. Numbers in the table represent the additional cost to the State in operating the program out of Sam Houston State University, and the one-time cost of $5,800 out of the Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund for moving furniture, computers, and documents, to Huntsville, Texas.
The Texas State University System indicates that some program income would be available to defray some of the General Revenue costs but was unable to estimate the amount of such income.
Source Agencies: | 302 Office of the Attorney General, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 758 Board of Regents, Texas State University System Central Office
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LBB Staff: | JK, WK, WP, GG
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