Texas 2017 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB749 Introduced / Fiscal Note

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                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD    Austin, Texas      FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION            March 18, 2017      TO: Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence      FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:HB749 by Farrar (Relating to a central database containing information about certain persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision for certain offenses involving animal cruelty; creating a criminal offense.), As Introduced    No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to require the Department of Public Safety to establish and maintain a computerized central database and system of public registration regarding certain individuals who have been convicted or received deferred adjudication for offenses involving animal cruelty, only to the extent sufficient funding is available from gifts, grants, or donations.The provisions of the bill would apply to individuals convicted of or receiving deferred adjudication community supervision for the applicable offenses on or after the effective date of the bill. An offense committed before the effective date of the bill is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed.No significant fiscal impact to the state is anticipated. Local Government Impact The bill could place additional administrative demands on local law enforcement; however, costs associated with these duties are not anticipated to be significant to local governments.    Source Agencies:405 Department of Public Safety, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 409 Commission on Jail Standards, 697 Board of Pardons and Paroles   LBB Staff:  UP, KJo, WP, FR, RC, JGA, AI, JAW, KVe, KKR, GG    

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 18, 2017





  TO: Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence      FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:HB749 by Farrar (Relating to a central database containing information about certain persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision for certain offenses involving animal cruelty; creating a criminal offense.), As Introduced  

TO: Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB749 by Farrar (Relating to a central database containing information about certain persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision for certain offenses involving animal cruelty; creating a criminal offense.), As Introduced

 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

HB749 by Farrar (Relating to a central database containing information about certain persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision for certain offenses involving animal cruelty; creating a criminal offense.), As Introduced

HB749 by Farrar (Relating to a central database containing information about certain persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision for certain offenses involving animal cruelty; creating a criminal offense.), As Introduced



No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.



The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to require the Department of Public Safety to establish and maintain a computerized central database and system of public registration regarding certain individuals who have been convicted or received deferred adjudication for offenses involving animal cruelty, only to the extent sufficient funding is available from gifts, grants, or donations.The provisions of the bill would apply to individuals convicted of or receiving deferred adjudication community supervision for the applicable offenses on or after the effective date of the bill. An offense committed before the effective date of the bill is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed.No significant fiscal impact to the state is anticipated.

Local Government Impact

The bill could place additional administrative demands on local law enforcement; however, costs associated with these duties are not anticipated to be significant to local governments.

Source Agencies: 405 Department of Public Safety, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 409 Commission on Jail Standards, 697 Board of Pardons and Paroles

405 Department of Public Safety, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 409 Commission on Jail Standards, 697 Board of Pardons and Paroles

LBB Staff: UP, KJo, WP, FR, RC, JGA, AI, JAW, KVe, KKR, GG

 UP, KJo, WP, FR, RC, JGA, AI, JAW, KVe, KKR, GG