LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT STATEMENT
 
78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
May 9, 2003

TO:
Honorable John T. Smithee, Chair, House Committee on Insurance
 
FROM:
John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB14 by Jackson (Relating to certain insurance rates, forms, and practices; providing penalties.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

The provision of the bill that is the subject of this analysis would make punishable as a state jail felony the offering of insurance coverage, or collection of an insurance premium, based on a rate that is, because of race, color, religion, ethnicity, or national origin, different from another premium rate offered or used by the person for the same coverage and the same risk. 

 

A state jail felony is punishable by confinement in a state jail for any term of not more than two years or less than 180 days, or, in addition to confinement, a fine not to exceed $10,000.

It is assumed that the additional number of offenders convicted under this statute would not result in a significant impact on the programs and workload of state corrections agencies or on the demand for resources and services of those agencies. 



Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:
JK, GG