LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 15, 2005

TO:	Honorable Kenneth Armbrister, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2027 by Hilderbran (Relating to the use of certain weapons in or on the beds or banks of certain rivers and streams in particular counties; providing a penalty. ), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would prohibit the discharge of a firearm or an arrow from any kind of bow in certain locations along a navigable river or stream in Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kenedy, Kerr, Llano, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, or Zavala counties. The prohibitions would not apply to an individual acting within the scope of their duties as a peace officer or department employee or to the discharge of a shotgun loaded with ammunition that releases only shot when discharged.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2005.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

LBB Staff:

JOB, DLBa, WK