| TO: | Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
| FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB1064 by Sheffield (Relating to prohibiting certain sex offenders from working or residing within or otherwise going in, on, or within a certain distance of premises where children commonly gather; providing a penalty.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend various codes as they relate to locations where certain sex offenders are permitted to work or reside. The bill would define "child safety zone" as various locations where children commonly gather and prohibit certain registered sex offenders from working, residing, or going in, on, or within a child safety zone. For persons subject to the bill's provisions, the offense of failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements would be punished as a third degree felony if the failure to comply involves violating child safety zone requirements.
The Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Office of Court Administration indicate the bill's provisions would not result in significant fiscal impact to the state. This analysis assumes the provisions of the bill would not result in significant impact on state correctional agencies.
| Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 697 Board of Pardons and Paroles
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| LBB Staff: | UP, KJo, LM, ESi
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