Unlawful entry into occupied structure.

14LSO-0032.C1

FISCAL NOTE

The fiscal impact to the Department of Corrections 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 $45,625 for the cost of incarceration, including medical costs.  The cost for community supervision of an offender is approximately $2,000 per year.

Assumptions:

There are no current measures that would allow for an accurate prediction of the number of individuals sentenced pursuant to the proposed legislation.

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

Prepared by:   Matthew Sackett, LSO  Phone: 777-7881

(Information provided by: Jeffie Wiggins, Department of Corrections; Phone: 777-7470; and Kristi Racines, Supreme Court; Phone: 777-7502)