LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                                May 8, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on
               Criminal Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB322  by Tillery (Relating to murder committed in
               certain places associated with a school or educational
               institution as a capital offense.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would amend the Penal Code to provide that a person commits
capital murder if the person murders an individual on the physical
premises of a school or educational institution, any grounds or building
on which an activity sponsored by a school or educational institution is
being conducted, or a passenger transportation vehicle of a school or
educational institution, regardless of whether the school or educational
institution is public or private.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, GG