LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 7, 2009

TO:	Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2933 by Vaught (Relating to requiring certain criminal defendants to make payments to the compensation to victims of crime fund.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

This bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure and require courts to impose an order on convicted defendants ineligible for parole under Government Code §508.145. The bill would require that the defendant make an annual payment to the GR-Dedicated Compensation to Victims of Crime Account No. 469. The annual payment would be equal to 1 percent or less of the defendant's inmate account on the anniversary of the defendant's incarceration in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. It is assumed that any costs and revenue generated by implementation of the bill would not be significant.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

302 Office of the Attorney General, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 696 Department of Criminal Justice

LBB Staff:

JOB, ESi, JM