Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB80 Fiscal Note / Fiscal Note

Filed 03/16/2021

                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD     Austin, Texas       FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION             March 16, 2021       TO: Honorable Victoria Neave, Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB80 by Johnson, Jarvis (Relating to the discharge by certain defendants of fines and costs through community service.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted     No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure by prohibiting a justice or judge from imposing a fine and court costs on a defendant who is under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) or in extended foster care. In lieu of a fine the justice or judge may require the defendant to perform community service.Based on information provided by the Office of Court Administration, the analysis assumes implementing the provisions of this bill may reduce the recovery of fines and court costs in a narrow set of cases, it is anticipated that very few costs are collected from this population and no significant fiscal impact to the state court system is expected.Based on the analysis of DFPS, no fiscal impact is assumed associated with implementing the provisions of the bill. The Comptroller of Public Accounts assumed the bill would have no significant fiscal impact to the state.  Local Government ImpactNo significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.  Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Admin, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 530 Family & Protective Services  LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, DKn, JLi, AN, MW, BH, MBo

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 16, 2021

 

 

  TO: Honorable Victoria Neave, Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB80 by Johnson, Jarvis (Relating to the discharge by certain defendants of fines and costs through community service.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted   

TO: Honorable Victoria Neave, Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB80 by Johnson, Jarvis (Relating to the discharge by certain defendants of fines and costs through community service.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

 Honorable Victoria Neave, Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues

 Honorable Victoria Neave, Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 HB80 by Johnson, Jarvis (Relating to the discharge by certain defendants of fines and costs through community service.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted 

 HB80 by Johnson, Jarvis (Relating to the discharge by certain defendants of fines and costs through community service.), 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 Code of Criminal Procedure by prohibiting a justice or judge from imposing a fine and court costs on a defendant who is under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) or in extended foster care. In lieu of a fine the justice or judge may require the defendant to perform community service.Based on information provided by the Office of Court Administration, the analysis assumes implementing the provisions of this bill may reduce the recovery of fines and court costs in a narrow set of cases, it is anticipated that very few costs are collected from this population and no significant fiscal impact to the state court system is expected.Based on the analysis of DFPS, no fiscal impact is assumed associated with implementing the provisions of the bill. The Comptroller of Public Accounts assumed the bill would have no significant fiscal impact to the state.

 Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Admin, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 530 Family & Protective Services

212 Office of Court Admin, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 530 Family & Protective Services

LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, DKn, JLi, AN, MW, BH, MBo

JMc, DKn, JLi, AN, MW, BH, MBo