LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 13, 2013

TO:	Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB528 by Turner, Sylvester (Relating to the restriction of access to the records and files of a child charged with or convicted of certain fine-only misdemeanor offenses.), As Engrossed

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would expand confidentiality of records relating to a misdemeanor committed by child who is charged with or convicted of a fine-only misdemeanor offense other than a traffic offense. Current law provides that the records of a misdemeanor committed by a child are confidential if the child is convicted of and has satisfied the judgment for an offense; the bill would remove the requirement that a judgment be satisfied.

The bill would also make confidential records relating to a misdemeanor committed by a child whose conviction for a fine-only misdemeanor other than a traffic offense has been appealed, rather than requiring that it be affirmed. 

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:

UP, CL, SD, KKR, ESi