LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 13, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on
               Criminal Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2098  by Morrison (Relating to the punishment for the
               offense of unlawful restraint.), 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 making the offense of unlawful
restraint punishable as a felony of the third degree if the actor
restrains an individual the actor knows is a public servant while the
public servant is lawfully discharging an official duty or in
retaliation for the exercise of official duty of a public servant.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, GG