HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 8
(By Delegates Armstead, Howard, Carmichael,
Amores, Trump, Caruth and Kominar)
[Introduced February 10, 2004; referred to the
Committee on Rules.]
Amending the rules of the House of Delegates, relating to requiring
consideration of fiscal impact of proposed crime legislation.
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That the Standing Rules of the House of Delegates be amended
by adding thereto a new rule as follows:
Correctional System Fiscal Impact Note.
95b. Prior to consideration, by the House or by any committee
thereof, of any bill which proposes to create new criminal conduct
punishable by incarceration, or either increases or decreases any
criminal penalty involving a term of incarceration, the department
of corrections, in conjunction with any applicable state agency,
shall provide a correctional system fiscal impact note outlining
the projected fiscal impact on the state's correctional system of
the legislative proposal. The note shall include projected
increases or decreases in persons incarcerated, the fiscal impact
the proposal likely will have on existing availability of
correctional facilities and facility space; whether the proposal
will likely decrease or increase inmate populations and, in the
case of increased inmate populations, whether additional costs will necessarily be incurred for expanded and increased correctional or
jail facilities, equipment and personnel and, if so, the projected
cost therefor.