LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 3, 2007

TO:	Honorable Frank Corte, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB331 by Harper-Brown (Relating to the use in an advertisement of a name or picture of a member of the United States Armed Forces; providing a criminal penalty.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Business and Commerce Code to create as a Class A misdemeanor offense the use in an advertisement of a name or picture of a member of the United States Armed Forces without obtaining consent from the individual or their heirs.

A Class A misdemeanor is punishable by a fine not to exceed $4,000, confinement for no more than one year in county jail, or both a fine and confinement.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

403 Veterans Commission

LBB Staff:

JOB, ES, DB