LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

Revision 1

May 4, 2007

TO:	Honorable Kino Flores, Chair, House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB465 by Flores (Relating to the licensing and regulation of bail bond sureties; creating an offense.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Occupations Code to authorize a county bail bond board to review a new license holder during the first year of licensing for compliance with Chapter 1704.

The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to prohibit a person, other than an attorney representing a defendant, from charging a fee for assisting a defendant to obtain release on personal bond, except for a fee imposed under Article 17.42. A violation would be a Class A misdemeanor, which is punishable by a fine not to exceed $4,000 or confinement in jail of not more than one year, or both a fine and confinement.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2007.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

LBB Staff:

JOB, JRO, DB