FISCAL NOTE

House Bill 445 as substituted, amended and reported by the Committee on Judiciary could increase the administrative obligations of the Office of Attorney General to certify that a political subdivision of the state has abolished or reduced funding of the law enforcement agency of the political subdivision in accordance with the provisions of this bill. This bill could also decrease revenues to any such political subdivision of the state by an undetermined amount dependent on the grants or tax proceeds otherwise received by the defunded jurisdiction.

Further, this bill could increase receipts to the State General Fund and municipal general funds from fines; increase receipts to the State General Fund, county general funds, municipal general funds, and other funds to which court costs are deposited; and could increase the obligations of the State General Fund, local jails, the district attorneys, the Department of Corrections, the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, and community corrections programs by an undetermined amount dependent upon the number of persons charged with and convicted of the offenses provided by this bill and the penalties imposed