LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 11, 2013

TO:	Honorable Richard Peña Raymond, Chair, House Committee On Human Services
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB424 by Burkett (Relating to the sex offender status of a person who becomes a resident of certain group home facilities.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require the director of a group home to determine whether a person either
requesting to live at a group home or assigned to live at a group home is registered as a sex
offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, using a website maintained by the
Department of Public Safety, and to notify current residents of the group home and their legal guardians, if applicable, if the person is found to be a sex offender.

The Department of Aging and Disability Services does not anticipate any significant fiscal impact
as a result of complying with the provisions of the bill.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

539 Aging and Disability Services, Department of

LBB Staff:

UP, CL, LL, VJC