FISCAL NOTE
FUND(S):
Sources of Revenue:
General Fund
Legislation creates:
Neither Program nor Fund
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
The proposed legislation would increase the penalty for misappropriation of an elderly person’s funds from 2 to 10 years to 5 to 15 years. Currently, the WVDOC only has one such offender in custody so a fiscal impact in this case is hard to determine. However, because of West Virginia’s “day-for-day” good time law the effective maximum sentence for this crime has increased by 2.5 years (Being 5 years for the 2-10 and 7.5 years for the 5-15). Therefore, future offenders sentenced to WVDOC custody under this code could spend 2.5 years more than current offenders, costing the State of West Virginia up to $58,160 more per offender (the average cost per inmate in FY 2008 was $23,264 x 2.5 = $58,160).
Fiscal Note Detail
Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2009 Increase/Decrease (use"-") |
2010 Increase/Decrease (use"-") |
Fiscal Year (Upon Full Implementation) |
1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Current Expenses |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
Memorandum
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Loita Butcher
Email Address: butchl@mail.wvnet.edu