LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 20, 2009

TO:	Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB82 by Nelson (Relating to a fee imposed as a condition of community supervision for an offense involving family violence and to certain nonsubstantive revisions involving court fees.), As Engrossed

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, to require a defendant convicted of an offense involving family violence to pay $100 to a family violence center that serves the county in which the court is located. Under current statute, imposing the fee is up to the judge's discretion and is up to $100.

Because all fees are retained locally, there would be no revenue gain to the state.

Local Government Impact

Revenue gain to counties would vary depending on the number of offenses committed to which the fee would apply and the difference between the fee amount that would otherwise be imposed by judges and the proposed required $100.

Source Agencies:

304 Comptroller of Public Accounts

LBB Staff:

JOB, ESi, TP, ZS, DB, JJO