TO: | Honorable Carlos Uresti, Chair, House Committee on Government Reform |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB433 by Dutton (Relating to restrictions on the disclosure of certain criminal history records and to the duty of law enforcement agencies regarding records associated with certain defendants.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2006 | $120,352 |
2007 | $193,082 |
2008 | $193,082 |
2009 | $193,082 |
2010 | $193,082 |
Fiscal Year | Probable Savings/(Cost) from GENERAL REVENUE FUND 1 |
Probable Revenue Gain from GENERAL REVENUE FUND 1 |
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2005 |
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2006 | ($419,404) | $539,756 | 9.0 |
2007 | ($346,674) | $539,756 | 9.0 |
2008 | ($346,674) | $539,756 | 9.0 |
2009 | ($346,674) | $539,756 | 9.0 |
2010 | ($346,674) | $539,756 | 9.0 |
The Department of Public Safety estimates that additional personnel would be required to maintain nondisclosure orders and provide copies to all law enforcement agencies. There are approximately 1,927,748 arrests in the agency's computerized criminal history (CCH) database in which the defendant was placed on community supervision. It is anticipated, based on the nondisclosure of deferred adjudications, that the agency would receive an order of nondisclosure on approximately one percent (192,774) of the qualified records. The requests are expected to be staggered, with not more than 10% (19,277) received in any given year. The agency would need eight additional error resolution technicians to process these new cases. In addition, one mail clerk would be needed to process the additional mail. The eight additional error resolution technicians and mail clerk would be housed at leased office space at a cost of $37,179 per year for fiscal years 2006-10. The $28 fee for nondisclosure petitions would result in $539,756 in revenue to the General Revenue Fund each year. [19,277 X $28 = $539,756]
Source Agencies: | 405 Department of Public Safety, 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
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LBB Staff: | JOB, VDS, SJ, DLBa
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