LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 24, 2009 TO: Honorable Jim McReynolds, Chair, House Committee on Corrections FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1335 by Gonzalez Toureilles (Relating to procedures for certain persons charged with certain new offenses or an administrative violation of a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or to mandatory supervision. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Government Code to authorize a county magistrate in which a person is held in custody for a parole violation, ineligible release, or violation of a condition of mandatory supervision, to release the person on bond pending the hearing if certain conditions are met. Included in those conditions that must be met, is a requirement that the Parole Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) includes notice on the warrant for the person's arrest that the person is eligible for release on bond. If a person released under the conditions described fails to appear at a hearing, the Parole Division would be required to notify the magistrate who released the person on bond. The magistrate would be authorized to forfeit the person's bond and enter a final judgment of forfeiture. The bill would apply only to a person charged with a violation of the person's release on parole or mandatory supervision on or after the effective date of the bill, which would be September 1, 2009. According to TDCJ, there would be no significant fiscal impact to the agency unless there is an impact on the inmate population. Local Government Impact A county could experience a savings related to county jail expenses by being able to release a person who would otherwise be required to be held until a hearing. The savings would depend on the number of persons arrested and eligible for release under the provisions of the bill. A county could also experience a revenue gain depending on the number of bond forfeitures. As an example, the estimated average cost of county jail confinement per person per day in Grayson County (U.S. Census population of 110,595) is $45.27; in Fort Bend County (2000 U.S. Census population of 354,452) is $37.00; and in Harris County (2000 U.S. Census population of 3.4 million) is $72.50. Source Agencies:696 Department of Criminal Justice LBB Staff: JOB, DB, ESi
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 24, 2009
TO: Honorable Jim McReynolds, Chair, House Committee on Corrections FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1335 by Gonzalez Toureilles (Relating to procedures for certain persons charged with certain new offenses or an administrative violation of a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or to mandatory supervision. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Jim McReynolds, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1335 by Gonzalez Toureilles (Relating to procedures for certain persons charged with certain new offenses or an administrative violation of a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or to mandatory supervision. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Jim McReynolds, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
Honorable Jim McReynolds, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB1335 by Gonzalez Toureilles (Relating to procedures for certain persons charged with certain new offenses or an administrative violation of a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or to mandatory supervision. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB1335 by Gonzalez Toureilles (Relating to procedures for certain persons charged with certain new offenses or an administrative violation of a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or to mandatory supervision. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Government Code to authorize a county magistrate in which a person is held in custody for a parole violation, ineligible release, or violation of a condition of mandatory supervision, to release the person on bond pending the hearing if certain conditions are met. Included in those conditions that must be met, is a requirement that the Parole Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) includes notice on the warrant for the person's arrest that the person is eligible for release on bond. If a person released under the conditions described fails to appear at a hearing, the Parole Division would be required to notify the magistrate who released the person on bond. The magistrate would be authorized to forfeit the person's bond and enter a final judgment of forfeiture. The bill would apply only to a person charged with a violation of the person's release on parole or mandatory supervision on or after the effective date of the bill, which would be September 1, 2009. According to TDCJ, there would be no significant fiscal impact to the agency unless there is an impact on the inmate population.
The bill would amend the Government Code to authorize a county magistrate in which a person is held in custody for a parole violation, ineligible release, or violation of a condition of mandatory supervision, to release the person on bond pending the hearing if certain conditions are met. Included in those conditions that must be met, is a requirement that the Parole Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) includes notice on the warrant for the person's arrest that the person is eligible for release on bond.
If a person released under the conditions described fails to appear at a hearing, the Parole Division would be required to notify the magistrate who released the person on bond. The magistrate would be authorized to forfeit the person's bond and enter a final judgment of forfeiture.
The bill would apply only to a person charged with a violation of the person's release on parole or mandatory supervision on or after the effective date of the bill, which would be September 1, 2009.
According to TDCJ, there would be no significant fiscal impact to the agency unless there is an impact on the inmate population.
Local Government Impact
A county could experience a savings related to county jail expenses by being able to release a person who would otherwise be required to be held until a hearing. The savings would depend on the number of persons arrested and eligible for release under the provisions of the bill. A county could also experience a revenue gain depending on the number of bond forfeitures. As an example, the estimated average cost of county jail confinement per person per day in Grayson County (U.S. Census population of 110,595) is $45.27; in Fort Bend County (2000 U.S. Census population of 354,452) is $37.00; and in Harris County (2000 U.S. Census population of 3.4 million) is $72.50.
A county could experience a savings related to county jail expenses by being able to release a person who would otherwise be required to be held until a hearing. The savings would depend on the number of persons arrested and eligible for release under the provisions of the bill. A county could also experience a revenue gain depending on the number of bond forfeitures.
As an example, the estimated average cost of county jail confinement per person per day in Grayson County (U.S. Census population of 110,595) is $45.27; in Fort Bend County (2000 U.S. Census population of 354,452) is $37.00; and in Harris County (2000 U.S. Census population of 3.4 million) is $72.50.
Source Agencies: 696 Department of Criminal Justice
696 Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff: JOB, DB, ESi
JOB, DB, ESi