LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 4, 2003

TO:	Honorable Phil King, Chair, House Committee on Regulated Industries
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1175 by King (relating to the regulation of cloning of human beings; providing penalties. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, by defining human cloning and specifying that a person licensed by a state agency as a health care practitioner who engages in human cloning is subject to civil penalties ranging from $5 million to $10 million for each violation and a criminal penalty of a felony of the first degree.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:	302 Office of the Attorney General, 501 Department of Health, 696 Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff:	JK, JO, JRO, GO, KF, MB