Game and fish violations-penalties.

07LSO-0048.C1

FISCAL NOTE

The fiscal impact is indeterminable due to an unknown number of cases. 

Source of Expenditure Increase:

The creation of a new criminal offense punishable by probation or incarceration creates a potential cost for that supervision or incarceration.  Each year of incarceration, per inmate, will cost the State, in current dollars, approximately $34,200 for the cost of incarceration and approximately $10,800 for medical costs.

Assumptions:

According to the Game and Fish Department, there are approximately 10 - 25 individuals, per year, who commit second offenses as described in the proposed legislation.  This would mean that the potential cost impact for incarceration pursuant to this legislation would range from $450,000 to $1,125,000 annually.  The cost, however, would be reduced if any of the offenders were sentenced to probation, rather than incarceration.

Prepared by: Brian Farmer, Department of Corrections Phone: 777-5983

The fiscal impact to the judicial system is indeterminable due to an unknown number of cases.

Prepared by:   Holly Hansen, Supreme Court Phone:   777-7678