Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3529 by Gutierrez (Relating to the creation of a family violence pretrial diversion pilot program in Bexar County.), As Engrossed
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Government Code as it relates to the establishment of a domestic violence pilot program in Bexar County. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice indicates that the costs to implement the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources, under the assumption that current discretionary diversion grant funds distributed to community supervision and corrections departments could be allocated for the pilot program. This analysis assumes the provisions of the bill would not result in a significant impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources.
Local Government Impact
Because the bill would not have statewide impact on units of local government of the same type or class, no comment from this office is required by the rules of the House/Senate as to its probable fiscal implication on units of local government.