LEGISLATIVE FISCAL OFFICE
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note On: HB 451 HLS 24RS 985
Bill Text Version: ENROLLED
Opp. Chamb. Action:
Proposed Amd.:
Sub. Bill For.:
Date: May 21, 2024 8:55 AM Author: SCHLEGEL
Dept./Agy.: Corrections/Sheriffs
Subject: Crime of Theft of Package, Assault of Employee During Theft Analyst: Daniel Druilhet
CRIME/THEFT EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX Page 1 of 1
Provides relative to the crime of theft
Current law provides the definitions for the crime of theft and applicable penal measures associated with each definition.
Proposed law adds to current law by providing a sentence of imprisonment for no more than two years, with or without hard
labor, or a fine of no more than $2,000, or both, for an offender who commits the crime of theft of a package that has been
delivered to an inhabited dwelling owned by another; provides that 15 days of any sentence of imprisonment for the crime of
theft that involves an offender who, during the commission or attempted commission of theft, commits an assault upon a
store or merchant’s employee who is acting in the course and scope of his employment duties, be served without benefit of
probation or suspension of sentence.
EXPENDITURES 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW
Annual Total
REVENUES 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW
Annual Total
EXPENDITURE EXPLANATION
Proposed law may result in an indeterminable increase in Local Funds expenditures for local governing authorities or SGF
expenditures to the Department of Public Safety & Corrections - Corrections Services (DPS&C-CS) if a person is convicted of
the crime of theft of a package that has been delivered to an inhabited dwelling owned by another. Proposed law has the
effect of expanding penal measures relative to the crime of theft, and imposes a mandatory 15 days of imprisonment for
theft which involves committing an assault upon a store or merchant’s employee who is acting in the course and scope of his
employment duties. Proposed law is a relative felony, and any impact on either local or state expenditures is contingent on
whether offenders sustain either misdemeanor or felony-grade convictions for its violation.
Proposed law may result in an indeterminable increase in SGF expenditures in DPS&C-CS by $107.60 per offender per day
for an offender housed in a state facility, and $26.39 per offender per day for an offender housed in a local facility. To the
extent that offenders sustain a felony-grade conviction for violation of the proposed law, DPS&C-CS will sustain an
indeterminable increase in expenditures at the local level. DPS&C-CS advises that impacts on offender populations are
anticipated to impact the number of offenders held in local facilities, and that in managing its offender population, it seeks to
fill all beds in state facilities first, then assigns overflow offenders to local facilities. For those convicted, sentenced, and then
subsequently housed in a local facility, DPS&C-CS will sustain expenditures of $26.39 per offender per day.
To the extent that offenders sustain a misdemeanor conviction for violation of the proposed law, local governing authorities
may sustain Local Funds expenditures. The exact fiscal impact of the passage of this legislation to local governing
authorities is indeterminable, since it is not known how many people will be convicted and incarcerated in local facilities, nor
the length of the sentences assessed with those convictions as a result of its potential enactment. The maximum
imprisonment term is no more than two years at the local level.
REVENUE EXPLANATION
Proposed law may result in an indeterminable increase in local revenues as a result of convictions of theft of a package that
has been delivered to an inhabited dwelling owned by another. The exact fiscal impact of the passage of this legislation on
local revenue is indeterminable, as the fines that would be imposed on those convicted are variable in nature, and the
number of fines that may be imposed on offenders convicted of proposed law is unknown. The potential revenue will accrue
to the local governing authority.
Senate Dual Referral Rules House
13.5.1 >= $100,000 Annual Fiscal Cost {S & H} 6.8(F)(1) >= $100,000 SGF Fiscal Cost {H & S}
13.5.2 >= $500,000 Annual Tax or Fee Patrice Thomas
6.8(G) >= $500,000 Tax or Fee Increase
Change {S & H} or a Net Fee Decrease {S} Deputy Fiscal Officer


Statutes affected:
HB451 Original: 14:67(B)(4)
HB451 Engrossed: 14:67(B)(4)
HB451 Enrolled: 14:67(B)(4)
HB451 Act : 14:67(B)(4)