LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 17, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on
               Criminal Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1971  by Garcia (relating to the creation of the
               offense of permitting an unsafe workplace.), Committee
               Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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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 creating the offense of permitting
an unsafe workplace.  An offense under this bill would be punishable as
a state jail felony unless the offense causes the death of an employee,
in which event the offense would be a felony of the third degree.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, GG