LEGISLATIVE FISCAL OFFICE
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note On: SB 184 SLS 24RS 479
Bill Text Version: ENROLLED
Opp. Chamb. Action:
Proposed Amd.:
Sub. Bill For.:
Date: May 22, 2024 10:54 AM Author: KLEINPETER
Dept./Agy.: Corrections/Sheriffs
Subject: Aggravated Flight from an Officer Analyst: Daniel Druilhet
CRIME/PUNISHMENT EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX Page 1 of 1
Increases the maximum time of incarceration for aggravated flight from an officer. (8/1/24)
Current law states that whoever commits aggravated flight from an officer shall be imprisoned for not more than five years
at hard labor and fined not more than $2,000; provides that whoever commits the crime of aggravated flight from an officer
that results in serious bodily injury shall be imprisoned for not more than ten years at hard labor and fined not more than
$2,000. Proposed law increases the maximum sentence of imprisonment for those convicted of aggravated flight from an
officer to not no more than 10 years at hard labor; increases the maximum sentence of imprisonment for those convicted of
aggravated flight from an officer that results in serious bodily injury to no more than 15 years at hard labor; effective
8/01/24.
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 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
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 SGF expenditures in the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections – Corrections Services (DPS&C – CS) if a person is convicted of aggravated flight from an officer or aggravated
flight from an officer that results in serious bodily injury. Proposed law has the effect of increasing the maximum penalty of
imprisonment of not more than 10 years at hard labor for aggravated flight from an officer, and assesses an enhanced
penalty of imprisonment of not more than 15 years at hard labor for aggravated flight from an officer that involves serious
bodily injury. The exact fiscal impact of the passage of this legislation is indeterminable because it is not known how many
people will be convicted and subject to a sentence of imprisonment or the length of those sentences as a result of its
potential enactment.
For illustrative purposes, SGF expenditures will increase by $107.60 per offender per day to the extent that an offender is
convicted, sentenced, and then subsequently housed in a state facility or $26.39 per offender per day for an offender housed
in a local facility. Corrections Services reports that impacts on offender populations are anticipated to affect the number of
offenders held in local facilities. Corrections Services reports that in managing its offender population, it seeks to fill all beds
in state facilities first, then assigns overflow offenders to local facilities.
For informational purposes, DPS&C reports that there has been an annual average of 480 admissions in the past three years
with an average sentence length of 2.7 years for those convicted of aggravated flight from an officer. Assuming that
additional offenders would be housed at the local level, annual expenditures would begin to exceed $100,000 with the
admission of 11 offenders convicted of aggravated flight from an officer each year.
REVENUE EXPLANATION
Proposed law may result in an indeterminable increase in local revenues as a result of convictions of aggravated flight from
an officer. The exact fiscal impact of the passage of this legislation on local revenue is indeterminable because the fines that
would be imposed on those convicted may vary. 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:
SB184 Original: 14:1(E)
SB184 Engrossed: 14:1(E)
SB184 Enrolled: 14:1(E)
SB184 Act 305: 14:1(E)