LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 12, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on
               Criminal Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB851  by Williams (Relating to the statute of
               limitations for the presentation of certain felony
               indictments.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would amend article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure to include
the following offenses under the statute of limitations set at five
years from the date of the commission of the offense for the
presentation of felony indictments: kidnapping, injury to a child,
elderly individual, or disableed individual; and abandoning or
endagering a child.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, JC