LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 9, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on
               Criminal Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB508  by Allen (Relating to the penalty for certain
               offenses committed for remuneration, for obstruction or
               retaliation, or in violation of a protective order.), 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 by enhancing the punishment for
offenses committed for remuneration to the punishment prescribed for the
next highest category of offense. The bill would also specify conditions
in which the punishment for the offense of violation of a protective
order would be enhanced to a felony of the third degree or a felony of
the second degree.  The punishment for the offense of obstruction or
retaliation would also be enhanced to a felony of the second degree or a
felony of the first degree.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, GG