LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 26, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Kenneth Armbrister, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Criminal Justice
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB1174  by Wentworth (Relating to the punishment for the
               offense of criminal mischief involving a public water
               supply.), 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 impairment or
interruption of any public water supply punishable as a felony of the
third degree, regardless of the amount of pecuniary loss.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   473   Public Utility Commission of Texas, 582   Texas
                   Natural Resource Conservation Commission, 455
                   Railroad Commission of Texas
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, GG