LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 23, 2013

TO:	Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2825 by King, Ken (Relating to the authority of a county to establish a centralized sex offender registration authority.), As Passed 2nd House

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would allow the commissioners court of a county with a population of less than 100,000 to designate the office of a sheriff or chief of police to serve as a county registration location for sex offenders. The bill would also require a person to register, verify registration, and perform change of address requirements only with respect to the centralized registration authority for the county. The bill would take effect immediately upon a two-thirds vote of all the members in each house. Otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2013.

The Department of Public Safety reported that no fiscal impact to the state is anticipated.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

405 Department of Public Safety

LBB Staff:

UP, SD, ESi, KKR