LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 5, 2005

TO:	Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1006 by Harris (Relating to the period of time during which a person may be supervised in a pretrial intervention program and the fee that may be charged for the program.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would increase from one year to two years as the maximum amount of time a defendant may be supervised in a pretrial intervention program operated by a community supervision and corrections department (CSCD). The fee a court is authorized to impose on a person on pretrial intervention supervision would be established at not more than $60 per month, whereas the current fee is a total of not more than $500. In addition to or in lieu of the supervision fee, the bill would authorize a court to order a defendant to pay or reimburse the CSCD for any other expense incurred as a result of the defendant's participation in the pretrial intervention program.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2005. 

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

696 Department of Criminal Justice

LBB Staff:

JOB, KJG, DLBa