LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT STATEMENT
 
84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 2, 2015

TO:
Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
 
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB644 by Canales (relating to the contents of a search warrant and to the offense of tampering with a governmental record consisting of a search warrant.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

The provisions of the bill addressing felony sanctions are the subject of this analysis.  The bill would amend the Penal Code to make tampering with a search warrant issued by a magistrate a third degree felony.


A third degree felony is punishable by confinement in prison for a term of two to 10 years and an optional fine not to exceed $10,000.


Expanding the list of behaviors for which a criminal penalty can be applied 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.






Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:
UP, LM