LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 20, 2013

TO:	Honorable Mike Villarreal, Chair, House Committee On Investments & Financial Services
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB52 by Flynn (Relating to the sale of a cemetery plot; providing penalties; authorizing a fee.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Local Government Impact

The bill would create a Class A misdemeanor. A Class A misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $4,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year, or both. Costs associated with enforcement, prosecution and confinement could be absorbed within existing resources. New revenue from fines imposed and collected is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact.

Source Agencies:

360 State Office of Administrative Hearings, 450 Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending, 451 Department of Banking, 469 Credit Union Department

LBB Staff:

UP, RB, MW, ED, KKR