LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 14, 2015

TO:	Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB3665 by Workman (Relating to the commitment of certain juveniles to local post-adjudication secure correctional facilities in certain counties and to the release under supervision of those juveniles.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Human Resources and Family Code to allow juveniles committed to certain local post-adjudication facilities with a determinate sentence to be transferred to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to complete the determinate sentence in an adult state correctional institution or under adult parole supervision. The ability to transfer determinate sentence youth is an option for Texas Juvenile Justice Department facilities, and this would expand this ability to certain local post-adjudication facilities.  The bill would also allow eligible juveniles committed to certain local post-adjudication facilities on an indeterminate sentence to receive services from the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments.

The Office of Court Administration indicates implementing the provisions of the bill would not result in a significant fiscal impact.  This analysis assumes implementing the provisions of the bill would not result in a significant impact on state adult correctional or juvenile justice agencies.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 644 Juvenile Justice Department, 696 Department of Criminal Justice

LBB Staff:

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