Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee On Licensing & Administrative Procedures
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB137 by Raymond (Relating to the information reported to the comptroller by a coin-operated machine license holder, the penalty for failure to report that information, and the penalty for gambling promotion.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
This bill would amend the Occupations Code to require that a license holder of a music or skill or pleasure coin-operated machine report to the Comptroller the name and address of the owner of the machine and any person other than the owner with a financial interest in the machine's proceeds. The bill would exclude a corporate license holder from reporting the name and address of a shareholder who holds less than 10 percent of the shares in the license holder's corporation. The bill would change the criminal offense for failure to report this information from a Class B misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor. The bill would amend the Penal Code to change the offense of gambling promotion from a Class A misdemeanor to a state jail felony and add gambling offenses punishable as a felony to the list of organized criminal activity offenses. The Comptroller of Public Accounts indicates that the change in reporting requirements and the change in penalties for gambling offenses would not significantly impact revenue collections and that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.