TO: | Honorable Aaron Pena, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB1767 by Pena (Relating to the punishment for criminal mischief committed by interfering with certain transportation signs, signals, or devices.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Penal Code by creating a penalty for damaging, destroying, or tampering with a transportation communications device or equipment. Under the provision of this bill damaging, destroying, or tampering with transportation communications device or equipment would be punishable as a felony of the third degree. The bill would take effect September 1, 2007 and apply only to a defendant charged with an offense committed on or after the effective date of the Act.
A third degree felony is punishable by imprisonment in the institutional division for any term of not more than 10 years or less than 2 years, or in addition to confinement, a fine not to exceed $10,000.
It is assumed that the number of persons convicted under this statute would not result in a significant impact on the programs and workload of state corrections agencies or on the demand for resources and services of those agencies.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, GG, LM
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