LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 2, 2005

TO:	Honorable Terry Keel, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1723 by Hamric (Relating to including within conduct proscribed by various offenses certain conduct involving the discharge of fireworks.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would add to acts that constitute a Class C misdemeanor, the act of discharging fireworks within 300 feet of a residential dwelling, a highway, street, sidewalk, railway, waterway, elevator, aisle, hallway, entrance or exit to which the public has access, or any other place used for the passage of persons, vehicles, or conveyances. The bill would also create as a Class C misdemeanor the act of discharging fireworks within 600 feet of a facility that houses animals. The bill would take effect immediately if it receives the required two-thirds vote in each house; otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2005 and would apply only to an offense committed on or after the effective date.

No significant fiscal implication is anticipated as a result of enforcement, prosecution, or punishment activities related to these offenses.

Local Government Impact

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

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LBB Staff:

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