LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 17, 2013

TO:	Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1010 by King, Susan (Relating to the penalty for causing certain assaultive physical contact with a child.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would create a Class A misdemeanor offense for intentionally or knowingly causing physical contact with a child that a reasonable person would regard as offensive and sexual in nature and likely to precede certain prohibited sexual conduct.

A Class A misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $4,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year, or both.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2013.

Local Government Impact

Costs associated with enforcement, prosecution and confinement could likely be absorbed within existing resources. Gained revenue from fines imposed and collected is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact.

Source Agencies:

LBB Staff:

UP, ESi, KKR