Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2388 Fiscal Note / Fiscal Note

Filed 05/10/2021

                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD     Austin, Texas       FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION             May 10, 2021       TO: Honorable Andrew S. Murr, Chair, House Committee on Corrections     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB2388 by Sherman, Sr. (Relating to providing inmates with certain documents on release or discharge; changing a fee.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted     No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Government Code as it relates to the provision of licenses to certain offenders released or discharged from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). Under the provisions of the bill, the fee for a license would be $5. According to TDCJ, the Department of Public Safety, and the Department of State Health Services, the costs associated with the bill's provisions could be absorbed using existing resources. This analysis assumes implementing the provisions of the bill would not result in a significant impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources.  Local Government ImpactNo fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.  Source Agencies: b > td > 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 537 State Health Services, 696 Department of Criminal Justice  LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, DKN, KFB, KVEL

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 10, 2021

 

 

  TO: Honorable Andrew S. Murr, Chair, House Committee on Corrections     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB2388 by Sherman, Sr. (Relating to providing inmates with certain documents on release or discharge; changing a fee.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted   

TO: Honorable Andrew S. Murr, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2388 by Sherman, Sr. (Relating to providing inmates with certain documents on release or discharge; changing a fee.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

 Honorable Andrew S. Murr, Chair, House Committee on Corrections

 Honorable Andrew S. Murr, Chair, House Committee on Corrections

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 HB2388 by Sherman, Sr. (Relating to providing inmates with certain documents on release or discharge; changing a fee.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted 

 HB2388 by Sherman, Sr. (Relating to providing inmates with certain documents on release or discharge; changing a fee.), 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 as it relates to the provision of licenses to certain offenders released or discharged from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). Under the provisions of the bill, the fee for a license would be $5. According to TDCJ, the Department of Public Safety, and the Department of State Health Services, the costs associated with the bill's provisions could be absorbed using existing resources. This analysis assumes implementing the provisions of the bill would not result in a significant impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources.

 Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies: b > td > 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 537 State Health Services, 696 Department of Criminal Justice

304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 537 State Health Services, 696 Department of Criminal Justice

LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, DKN, KFB, KVEL

JMc, DKN, KFB, KVEL