LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT STATEMENT
 
80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 12, 2007

TO:
Honorable Joe Driver, Chair, House Committee on Law Enforcement
 
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB2112 by Patrick (Relating to banning handguns and certain other weapons from parking areas associated with schools or educational institutions; providing criminal penalties.), As Introduced

The bill would amend the offense of places weapons prohibited by adding any real property that is owned or leased by a public or private school or educational institution and routinely used by the faculty staff, students, or visitors of the school or educational institution, including a parking lot, parking garage or other parking area, to the places where a person cannot possess a prohibited weapon.  The offense of places weapons prohibited is punishable as a third degree felony. 

 

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.

 

For this analysis it is assumed that the number of additional offenders 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.



Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:
JOB, GG