LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 6, 2015

TO:
Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
 
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB456 by Gutierrez (relating to a prohibition on the use and possession of e-cigarettes on school property.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require school districts to publish in their student handbook whether they have adopted and enforce policies and procedures that prescribe penalties for the use of e-cigarettes.

The bill would require the board of trustees of a school district to prohibit the use or possession of e-cigarettes on school property or at a school-related or school-sanctioned activity on or off school property.

Local Government Impact

No significant administrative costs are anticipated for school districts to amend local policies and publish the policies in the student handbook.



Source Agencies:
701 Central Education Agency
LBB Staff:
UP, JBi