FISCAL NOTE

House Bill 68 (Act 2022-201) as enacted could increase the obligations of the State General Fund by an undetermined amount to provide counsel to a defendant that has elected to proceed without counsel in certain proceedings involving children or protected persons.

This act could also increase the obligations of district attorneys by an undetermined amount to acquire equipment to conduct video depositions of a protected person in lieu of in-person testimony.

Further, this act 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.