TO: | Honorable Jim McReynolds, Chair, House Committee on Corrections |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB3595 by McReynolds (Relating to the provision of drug court programs in this state.), As Introduced |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2010 | ($188,634) |
2011 | ($184,776) |
2012 | ($184,776) |
2013 | ($184,776) |
2014 | ($188,634) |
Fiscal Year | Probable (Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1 |
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2009 |
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2010 | ($188,634) | 2.0 |
2011 | ($184,776) | 2.0 |
2012 | ($184,776) | 2.0 |
2013 | ($184,776) | 2.0 |
2014 | ($188,634) | 2.0 |
The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code relating to the provision of drug court programs. The bill would authorize the presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions, after conferring with the judges of courts in their regions with a county population of not more than 200,000, to appoint one ore more full-time or part-time associate judges to operate a drug court program. The bill would take immediate effect if the bill receives two-thirds the vote of all members. Otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2009.
This fiscal note assumes the presiding judges will operate at least one drug court program, requiring one associate judge (paid an annual salary of $94,300) and one court coordinator (paid an annual salary of $43,116) together with related benefits costs ($39,260). The court would require a travel budget, as the judge would serve more than one county and would need to travel to multiple locations to hold court (estimated at $6,000 each fiscal year). The budget would also provide for consumable supplies, telephone expenses, and other operating costs (estimated at $2,100 each fiscal year), together with a one-time equipment expense for computers, printers and other IT equipment that would need to be replaced every five years ($3,858 in fiscal year 2010 and 2014).
Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 327 Employees Retirement System
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LBB Staff: | JOB, ESi, TB, TP, DB
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