LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 28, 2013

TO:	Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB710 by Callegari (relating to the use by a peace officer of the officer's rank or status to advertise or promote certain private businesses.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would add a section to the Occupations Code proscribing the use of a peace officer's rank or status as a peace officer to advertise or promote certain private businesses in which the peace officer has an ownership, management, contract, or employee interest. The bill would stipulate that a peace officer who violates this section is subject to disciplinary action by the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education.  It is assumed that implementing the provisions of the bill can be absorbed within agency appropriations.  The bill would take effect on September 1, 2013.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

405 Department of Public Safety, 407 Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education, 696 Department of Criminal Justice

LBB Staff:

UP, ESi, AI, JAW