Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2884 by Dutton (Relating to juvenile delinquency.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Family Code, the Education Code, the Human Resources Code, and the Penal Code to clarify existing statutes and add new language. Topics included in the bill include the transfer of determinate sentence probation to district court for a youth who is age 18, transfer of supervision between juvenile probation departments, sharing of juvenile information, the elevation of inhalant abuse to level two of the juvenile probation progressive sanctions model, along with a variety of others. The bill would repeal certain sections of the Human Resources Code relating to contracting by the Juvenile Probation Commission with private offenders for construction, maintenance, operation, management, and financing of youth boot camps.
The Youth Commission, the Juvenile Probation Commission, the Department of Criminal Justice, and the Texas Education Agency anticipate no significant fiscal impact to the state from the passage of the bill.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
665 Juvenile Probation Commission, 694 Youth Commission, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 701 Central Education Agency