Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB252 Fiscal Note / Fiscal Note

Filed 03/14/2023

                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD     Austin, Texas       FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION             March 14, 2023       TO: Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Corrections     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB252 by Johnson, Ann (Relating to the eligibility for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information of a criminal defendant who has successfully completed a specialty court program.), As Introduced     The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due to the number of additional nondisclosure petitions that would be filed with the state court system being unknown. The bill would expand the reach of nondisclosure order procedures for certain persons who successfully complete any specialty court program instead of those completing only a veterans court treatment program. The Office of Court Administration (OCA) anticipates this expansion will increase nondisclosure petitions filed with the court system, but cannot estimate what fiscal impact the increased filings will have on state courts due to the increased number of filings being unknown.  Local Government ImpactThe fiscal implications to units of local government cannot be determined. OCA anticipates an increase in nondisclosure petitions filed with the court, but cannot estimate what fiscal impact the increased filings will have on local courts due to the increased number of filings being unknown.  Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 405 Department of Public Safety, 696 Department of Criminal Justice  LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, DDel, MW, BH

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 14, 2023

 

 

  TO: Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Corrections     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB252 by Johnson, Ann (Relating to the eligibility for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information of a criminal defendant who has successfully completed a specialty court program.), As Introduced   

TO: Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB252 by Johnson, Ann (Relating to the eligibility for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information of a criminal defendant who has successfully completed a specialty court program.), As Introduced

 Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Corrections

 Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Corrections

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 HB252 by Johnson, Ann (Relating to the eligibility for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information of a criminal defendant who has successfully completed a specialty court program.), As Introduced 

 HB252 by Johnson, Ann (Relating to the eligibility for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information of a criminal defendant who has successfully completed a specialty court program.), As Introduced 



The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due to the number of additional nondisclosure petitions that would be filed with the state court system being unknown.

The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due to the number of additional nondisclosure petitions that would be filed with the state court system being unknown.

The bill would expand the reach of nondisclosure order procedures for certain persons who successfully complete any specialty court program instead of those completing only a veterans court treatment program. The Office of Court Administration (OCA) anticipates this expansion will increase nondisclosure petitions filed with the court system, but cannot estimate what fiscal impact the increased filings will have on state courts due to the increased number of filings being unknown.

 Local Government Impact

The fiscal implications to units of local government cannot be determined. OCA anticipates an increase in nondisclosure petitions filed with the court, but cannot estimate what fiscal impact the increased filings will have on local courts due to the increased number of filings being unknown.

Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 405 Department of Public Safety, 696 Department of Criminal Justice

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 405 Department of Public Safety, 696 Department of Criminal Justice

LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, DDel, MW, BH

JMc, DDel, MW, BH