| TO: | Honorable Gary Elkins, Chair, House Committee on Government Transparency & Operation |
| FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB631 by Bonnen, Greg (Relating to the impersonation of a state agency website or an associated website; providing a criminal penalty.), As Introduced |
The provisions of the bill addressing felony sanctions are the subject of this analysis. The bill would amend the Government Code to make creating or maintaining a fraudulent state agency web page a third degree felony.
A third degree felony is punishable by confinement in prison for a term of two to ten years and an optional fine not to exceed $10,000.
Creating a new offense is expected to increase correctional supervision and/or incarceration populations and thereby increase demands on county and/or state correctional resources. This analysis assumes implementing the provisions of the bill would not result in a significant impact on state correctional agencies, programs, or workloads.
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| LBB Staff: | UP, LM, JPo
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