LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 23, 2017

TO:	Honorable James White, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1505 by Allen (relating to conditions of community supervision prohibiting contact with certain persons.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to limit a judge's authority to order a defendant, as a condition of community supervision, not to contact or interact with another person.  The Office of Court Administration and the Department of Criminal Justice have indicated that the provisions of the bill could be implemented with existing resources.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

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

LBB Staff:

UP, KJo, MW, PBO, JGA