LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 8, 2013

TO:	Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB892 by Carona (Relating to the application of certain concealed handgun license laws to the attorney general and to assistant attorneys general, United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys, and special assistant United States attorneys, and to the authority of those attorneys to carry certain weapons.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Government Code to allow the Attorney General, as well as Assistant Attorneys General, United States Attorneys, United States Assistant Attorneys, and Special Assistant United States Attorneys, to receive a concealed handgun license upon the sworn affirmation of handgun proficiency from a handgun proficiency instructor certified by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. The bill would amend the Penal Code to exempt the same officials, as well as federal judges, from the offense of unlawful carrying of a handgun by a concealed handgun license holder.

It is assumed any costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within current appropriations.  The bill would take effect September 1, 2013. 

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

405 Department of Public Safety

LBB Staff:

UP, JPo, KKR, ESi, AI, JAW