| TO: | Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety |
| FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB1690 by Fletcher (Relating to measures to prevent or control the entry into or spread in this state of certain communicable diseases; providing a penalty.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend Chapter 81 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to measures to prevent or control the spread of certain communicable diseases. The bill creates a Class A misdemeanor. 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 Department of State Health Services and the Office of Court Administration indicate the provisions of the bill could be implemented within existing resources. The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house; otherwise the bill would take effect September 1, 2013.
No significant fiscal implication to local law enforcement is anticipated.
Costs to local governments associated with enforcement, prosecution and confinement could likely be absorbed within existing resources. Revenue from fines imposed and collected is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact.
| Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 537 State Health Services, Department of
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| LBB Staff: | UP, ESi, CH, VJC, NB, KKR, TB
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