LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 30, 2017

TO:	Honorable Phil King, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB56 by Flynn (Relating to the carrying of a handgun by a first responder engaged in the actual discharge of the first responder's duties.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend various sections of the Penal Code and the Human Resources Code relating to exempting first responders from trespassing with a concealed or openly carried handgun if the first responder was carrying out their duties.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2017.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

405 Department of Public Safety, 458 Alcoholic Beverage Commission, 696 Department of Criminal Justice

LBB Staff:

UP, FR, GG, BM