LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 17, 2015 TO: Honorable Susan Lewis King, Chair, House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1474 by Garcia (Relating to the redesignation of veterans court programs as veterans treatment court programs and the eligibility for participation in and administration of those programs.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Government Code to expand the availability of veterans treatment court programs to defendants who were victims of military sexual trauma, as described. The bill would also provide a court more discretion to order participation in a veterans court program if the court found, after considering the defendant's conduct, background and criminal history, that participation would ensure public safety and rehabilitate the veteran. Judges could place defendants in a veterans treatment court program located in another county if there is no program in the county of the court presiding over the defendants case. The Office of Court Administration indicates that bill provisions are not anticipated to have a significant fiscal implication on the court system. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council LBB Staff: UP, TB, FR, KJo, KVe
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 17, 2015
TO: Honorable Susan Lewis King, Chair, House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1474 by Garcia (Relating to the redesignation of veterans court programs as veterans treatment court programs and the eligibility for participation in and administration of those programs.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Susan Lewis King, Chair, House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1474 by Garcia (Relating to the redesignation of veterans court programs as veterans treatment court programs and the eligibility for participation in and administration of those programs.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
Honorable Susan Lewis King, Chair, House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Honorable Susan Lewis King, Chair, House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB1474 by Garcia (Relating to the redesignation of veterans court programs as veterans treatment court programs and the eligibility for participation in and administration of those programs.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
SB1474 by Garcia (Relating to the redesignation of veterans court programs as veterans treatment court programs and the eligibility for participation in and administration of those programs.), 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 Government Code to expand the availability of veterans treatment court programs to defendants who were victims of military sexual trauma, as described. The bill would also provide a court more discretion to order participation in a veterans court program if the court found, after considering the defendant's conduct, background and criminal history, that participation would ensure public safety and rehabilitate the veteran. Judges could place defendants in a veterans treatment court program located in another county if there is no program in the county of the court presiding over the defendants case. The Office of Court Administration indicates that bill provisions are not anticipated to have a significant fiscal implication on the court system.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
LBB Staff: UP, TB, FR, KJo, KVe
UP, TB, FR, KJo, KVe