LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
May 30, 2009

TO:
Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate
Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
 
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB1041 by Parker (relating to school district policies addressing sexual abuse of children and establishment of a state strategy to reduce child abuse and neglect and improve child welfare. ), Conference Committee Report

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would create a 9-member task force to establish a strategy for reducing child abuse and neglect and improving child welfare. The provisions relating to the task force would take effect on September 1, 2009 and would expire on September 1, 2011. It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill would be minimal and could be absorbed within available resources.

Local Government Impact

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

Costs for school districts, in implementing the bill’s requirement to develop and implement a policy addressing sexual abuse of children, are not expected to be significant.



Source Agencies:
530 Family and Protective Services, Department of, 537 State Health Services, Department of, 696 Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff:
JOB, JSp, CL, NM, MB