| TO: | Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures |
| FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB2642 by Thompson, Senfronia (Relating to the transfer of the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and regulation by counties of amusement redemption machine game rooms on bingo premises; requiring an occupational permit; authorizing fees and taxes; creating civil and administrative penalties; increasing a criminal penalty.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The provisions of the bill addressing felony sanctions are the subject of this analysis. The bill would amend the Occupations Code to create a criminal offense for certain behaviors by a person who does not hold a manufacturer's or distributor's license. The offense would be punishable as a state jail or third degree felony, depending upon the circumstances.
A state jail felony is punishable by confinement in a state jail for 180 days to two years and a third degree felony by confinement in prison for a term of two to ten years. In addition to confinement certain felony level offenses are subject to 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 populations, programs, or workloads.
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| LBB Staff: | UP, LM, JPo
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