TO: | Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1524 by Wentworth (Relating to the protection and preservation of caves in the State of Texas; providing penalties. ), Committee Report 1st House, As Amended |
The bill would enhance the protection and preservation of irreplaceable formations in caves and to increase the deterrent effect of penalties for violations.
The bill increases the penalty from a misdeamenor to a state jail felony in certain circumstances.
Source Agencies: | 809 Preservation Board
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LBB Staff: | JOB, WK, SD
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