LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 20, 2015

TO:	Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB372 by Riddle (Relating to the monitoring of the Internet access of certain sex offenders placed on community supervision or released on parole or to mandatory supervision.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Code of Criminal Procedure to include a person assigned a sex offender registry risk level of two, rather than the current level of three, in prohibiting the accessing of the Internet for certain purposes as a condition of community supervision. The bill would also require the defendant to submit to regular inspection or monitoring of each electronic device used by the defendant to access the Internet to ensure compliance with this section.

This analysis assumes the provisions of the bill addressing felony sanctions for criminal offenses would not result in a significant impact on state correctional agencies.

Local Government Impact

The Bexar County Community Supervision and Corrections Department reported the bill would not have an impact on the department.

The Caldwell, Comal, and Hays Counties Community Supervision and Corrections Department reported the provisions of the bill are already implemented in the department. Costs associated with the monitoring fee would be offset by a fee paid by the offenders.

No significant impact fiscal impact is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

696 Department of Criminal Justice, 697 Board of Pardons and Paroles

LBB Staff:

UP, KJo, SD, EK, LM, JPo, JN, ESi, KKR