LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 25, 2023

TO:	Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB303 by Bernal (Relating to a justice or municipal court's authority to order a defendant confined in jail for failure to pay a fine or cost or for contempt and to the authority of a municipality to enforce the collection of certain fines by imprisonment of the defendant.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Code of Criminal Procedure provisions relating to the authority of a justice or municipal court to impose fines and costs and order a defendant confined in jail for contempt or for failure to pay a fine or cost. 

The Office of Court Administration indicates that no significant fiscal impact to the state court system is anticipated. While it is assumed that any state revenue impact would not be significant, it would be dependent on the number of justice and municipal court defendants receiving credit toward the amount of the fine and court costs for time served in jail and the rate of such credit as specified by the court.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts

LBB Staff:

JMc, DDel, LBO, ESch