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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Maestas
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
02/08/07
03/06/07 HB 583/a HJC
SHORT TITLE
Victims of Crime Act Effective Dates
SB
ANALYST Hanika Ortiz
ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT (dollars in thousands)
FY07
FY08
FY09 3 Year
Total Cost
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
Total
$.1
see narrative
Recurring General
fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)
Administrative Office of the District Attorney (AODA)
Attorney General’s Office (AGO)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of HJC Amendment
The first part of the House Judiciary Committee amendment expands the definition of “formally
charged" to allow for the possibility that a criminal information may be filed and not dependent
upon whether the reviewing court found probable cause to have the charges bound over for trial;
therefore, making the provisions of the Act applicable sooner.
The second part of the House Judiciary Committee amendment (presumably directed at the first
“a" as opposed to the second “a" on line 24) further expands the definition of “formally charged"
to include only misdemeanors where the district attorney has filed an “entry of appearance". This
will make the applicability of the Act for certain misdemeanors dependent upon whether the
AODA exercised its discretion to enter a case charged by criminal complaint
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The AGO notes the first amendment has no significant impact on the proposed legislation. The
AODA further notes the change within the first amendment will eliminate a gap in the
notification procedures on certain misdemeanors enumerated in the Act.
The AGO and the AODA report the second proposed amendment will significantly reduce the