LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session March 12, 2001 TO: Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, House Committee on County Affairs FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB2617 by Solis, Jim (Relating to authorizing counties to enact ordinances to protect the public health, safety, or welfare; providing a penalty.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * ************************************************************************** Local Government Impact The bill would authorize counties to enact ordinances to protect the public health, safety, or welfare. A violation of the ordinances would be a Class C misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class B misdemeanor for a subsequent conviction. The county could receive injunctive relief to prevent a violation or threatened violation. If an ordinance were to conflict with a municipal ordinance in a municipality within the county, the municipal ordinance would prevail within the municipality. No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: LBB Staff: JK, DB