| TO: | Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee On Criminal Justice |
| FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB262 by Huffman (Relating to the reporting of criminal disposition completeness percentage data.), As Introduced |
The bill would require the commissioners court of a county to establish a local data advisory board under Article 60.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, not later than the 120th day after reporting a disposition completeness percentage less than 90 percent.
The bill would also require a county to certify that its average disposition completeness percentage is 90 percent or more before receiving funds from a state or federal criminal justice grant program.
The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house. If the bill does not receive the votes required to pass, the bill would take effect September 1, 2013.
The bill could significantly reduce funding to counties that would be ineligible for state or federal criminal justice grants due to failure to meet the new timetable established by the bill.
According to Texas Association of Counties, El Paso County reported that it would have extreme difficulty meeting the new deadline. Failure to meet the deadline would result in $4,749,541.61 annually in lost revenue for El Paso County.
| Source Agencies: | 301 Office of the Governor, 405 Department of Public Safety
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| LBB Staff: | UP, ESi, SD, KKR
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