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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR
Rodella
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/26/07
HB
HJM 69
SHORT TITLE
Magistrate Court Probation Services
SB
ANALYST
C. Sanchez
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
NFI
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
The memorial calls for a study of the extent of the need for probation services in the magistrate
courts, and to explore methods for addressing the need.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The memorial will have an indirect fiscal impact on the Administrative Office of the Courts and
other agencies involved in the study, which must utilize existing resources to conduct the study.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The magistrate courts are in need of probation or compliance services, for all the reasons
expressed in the memorial.
PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS
The courts are participating in performance-based budgeting. It is unknown if enactment of this