LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 16, 2013 TO: Honorable Tryon D. Lewis, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB110 by West (Relating to eligibility for compensation of persons wrongfully imprisoned.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Civil Practice and Remedies Code relating to eligibility for compensation by persons wrongfully imprisoned. Under the provisions of the bill, a person seeking compensation who received a pardon or was granted relief before September 1, 1998, and who has not previously received compensation under law, may file for compensation not later than September 1, 2016. The bill would provide that a person would not be entitled to compensation for any part of a sentence in prison during which the person was also serving a concurrent sentence for another wrongful conviction and had already received compensation. It is anticipated the bill's provisions would not have a significant fiscal impact on the State. The bill would take effect on September 1, 2013. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board LBB Staff: UP, CL, AI, JN, KKR, AG
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 16, 2013
TO: Honorable Tryon D. Lewis, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB110 by West (Relating to eligibility for compensation of persons wrongfully imprisoned.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Tryon D. Lewis, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB110 by West (Relating to eligibility for compensation of persons wrongfully imprisoned.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
Honorable Tryon D. Lewis, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Honorable Tryon D. Lewis, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB110 by West (Relating to eligibility for compensation of persons wrongfully imprisoned.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
SB110 by West (Relating to eligibility for compensation of persons wrongfully imprisoned.), Committee Report 2nd 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 Civil Practice and Remedies Code relating to eligibility for compensation by persons wrongfully imprisoned. Under the provisions of the bill, a person seeking compensation who received a pardon or was granted relief before September 1, 1998, and who has not previously received compensation under law, may file for compensation not later than September 1, 2016. The bill would provide that a person would not be entitled to compensation for any part of a sentence in prison during which the person was also serving a concurrent sentence for another wrongful conviction and had already received compensation. It is anticipated the bill's provisions would not have a significant fiscal impact on the State. The bill would take effect on September 1, 2013.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
LBB Staff: UP, CL, AI, JN, KKR, AG
UP, CL, AI, JN, KKR, AG