TO: | Honorable Terry Keel, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HJR56 by Gattis (Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail to a criminal defendant who violates a condition of the defendant's release pending trial.), As Introduced |
The cost to the state for publication of the resolution is $66,497.
If the voters adopt the constitutional amendment, the number of persons denied bail may increase as a result of implementing the provisions of the amendment, which would increase the number of people incarcerated in county jail awaiting trial. According to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, the average cost per person per day for incarceration in a county jail is $36. The negative fiscal impact would vary by county.
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, KJG, DLBa
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