LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 20, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Ron Wilson, Chair, House Committee on Licensing
               & Administrative Procedures
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB21  by Corte (Relating to punishment for the sale of an
               alcoholic beverage to a minor.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would amend the Alcoholic Beverage Code by enhancing the
punishment for the criminally negligent sale of an alcoholic beverage to
a minor from a Class A misdemeanor to a state jail felony if the
offender has been previously convicted of the same offense.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, JO, GG