LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 6, 2017 TO: Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1967 by Moody (relating to the creation of an innocence project grant program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Government Code to allow the Texas Indigent Defense Commission to award grants to any Texas law school for the purpose of investigating claims of post-conviction innocence. The bill would allow a law school that receives such a grant to contract with a Texas-based non-profit that operates an innocence project. Duties and responsibilities associated with the bill could be implemented with existing resources. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 783 University of Houston System Administration LBB Staff: UP, KJo, PBO
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 6, 2017
TO: Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1967 by Moody (relating to the creation of an innocence project grant program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1967 by Moody (relating to the creation of an innocence project grant program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB1967 by Moody (relating to the creation of an innocence project grant program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB1967 by Moody (relating to the creation of an innocence project grant program.), 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 allow the Texas Indigent Defense Commission to award grants to any Texas law school for the purpose of investigating claims of post-conviction innocence. The bill would allow a law school that receives such a grant to contract with a Texas-based non-profit that operates an innocence project. Duties and responsibilities associated with the bill could be implemented with existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 783 University of Houston System Administration
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 783 University of Houston System Administration
LBB Staff: UP, KJo, PBO
UP, KJo, PBO