LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

February 11, 2003

TO:	Honorable Glenn Lewis, Chair, House Committee on County Affairs
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB389 by Pitts (Relating to permit application and hearing procedures under the Texas Mass Gatherings Act; providing a penalty.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Chapter 751, Health and Safety Code, Texas Mass Gatherings Act, to change the procedural requirements for a hearing and ruling by a county judge related to granting or denying a permit for holding a mass gathering.

Local Government Impact

Included in the procedural changes would be lengthening the time frame in which a county judge must hold a hearing to rule on granting or denying a mass gathering permit, requiring the judge to state in the record the grounds used when denying a permit, allowing the permit to be automatically granted if the judge does not act within specified time frames, allowing those denied a permit an opportunity to revise their application, and making it a Class A misdemeanor to make a misrepresentation on a permit application.

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:	JK, DLBa