LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 19, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on
               Criminal Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB340  by Haywood (Relating to the penalty for threats of
               violence against certain persons.), As Engrossed
  
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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 terroristic
threat punishable as a Class A misdemeanor if it is committed against a
member of ther person's family or household or against a public servant.

  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, GG