Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB721 Fiscal Note / Fiscal Note

Filed 05/23/2021

                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD     Austin, Texas       FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION             May 23, 2021       TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB721 by Wilson (Relating to the release to mandatory supervision of certain inmates confined in a county jail.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted     No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Government Code as it relates to the release of certain inmates confined in a county jail to mandatory supervision. According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Board of Pardons and Paroles, 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 significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.  Source Agencies: b > td > 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 697 Board of Pardons and Paroles  LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, DKN, KFB, KVEL

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 23, 2021

 

 

  TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB721 by Wilson (Relating to the release to mandatory supervision of certain inmates confined in a county jail.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted   

TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB721 by Wilson (Relating to the release to mandatory supervision of certain inmates confined in a county jail.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

 Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice

 Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 HB721 by Wilson (Relating to the release to mandatory supervision of certain inmates confined in a county jail.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted 

 HB721 by Wilson (Relating to the release to mandatory supervision of certain inmates confined in a county jail.), 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 as it relates to the release of certain inmates confined in a county jail to mandatory supervision. According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Board of Pardons and Paroles, 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.



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 significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies: b > td > 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 697 Board of Pardons and Paroles

696 Department of Criminal Justice, 697 Board of Pardons and Paroles

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

JMc, DKN, KFB, KVEL