LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 5, 2011

TO:
Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
 
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB227 by Smith, Todd (Relating to exempting persons who are convicted of certain sexual offenses from registering as a sex offender in this state.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to exempt certain individuals younger than 19 years of age from the duty to register as a sex offender for certain sex offenses if the victim or intended victim was at least 14 years of age, the defendant was not more than four years older than the victim or intended victim, and the offender is not a threat public safety. For this analysis it is assumed implementing the provisions of the bill would not result in a significant impact on the programs and workload of state corrections agencies or on the demand for resources of those agencies.


Local Government Impact

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


Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 405 Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff:
JOB, DH, ESi, GG