Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB507 by Guillen (Relating to the discharge of a firearm across the property line of an educational facility; providing criminal penalties.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend portions of the Parks and Wildlife Code to prohibit the discharge of a firearm across the property line of an educational facility. Under bill provisions, an individual commits an offense if the person knowingly discharges a firearm while hunting or engaging in recreational shooting, and the projectile travels across the property line of an educational facility. The penalty would be a Class C Parks and Wildlife misdemeanor unless students were present at the educational facility in which case it would be a Class A Parks and Wildlife misdemeanor. The bill may result in a minimal positive fiscal implication to the General Revenue-Dedicated Game, Fish and Water Safety Account No. 9 to the extent additional revenues from penalties paid are deposited to the account; however, the fiscal implication to the account is not anticipated to be significant.
The bill would be effective September 1, 2013.
Local Government Impact
Costs associated with enforcement, prosecution and confinement could be absorbed within existing resources.