LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 27, 2009

TO:
Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
 
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB1003 by Bolton (Relating to notice provided to certain victims or witnesses regarding certain inmates or defendants who are electronically monitored.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure by requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, in the case of an offender released on parole or to mandatory supervision following a term of imprisonment, or community supervision and corrections departments supervising a defendant, subject to electronic monitoring as a condition of release or probation, to notify certain victims or witnesses whenever a probationer or parolee is no longer being monitored electronically. 

Local Government Impact

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


Source Agencies:
696 Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff:
JOB, ESi, GG, SDO, TP