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 |
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.
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LBB Staff: | JK, DLBa
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