LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                               May 26, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Bill Ratliff, Lieutenant Governor
               Honorable James E. "Pete" Laney, Speaker of the House
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2890  by McClendon (relating to the creation of an
               offense prohibiting certain persons in custody for sex
               offenses from contacting juvenile victims of their
               offenses, to the liability of a correctional facility or
               its officers and employees for contracts between certain
               persons in custody for sex offenses and the juvenile
               victims of their offenses, and to the confidentiality of
               certain information identifying juvenile sex offense
               victims.), Conference Committee Report
  
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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 improper
contact with a victim.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, GG