LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 19, 2017

TO:	Honorable Sarah Davis, Chair, House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB63 by Zaffirini (relating to the electronic filing of reports of political contributions and expenditures and of personal financial statements by certain officeholders and candidates and the content of those statements.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Election Code, Government Code and Local Government Code relating to the electronic filing of reports of political contributions and expenditures and of personal financial statements by certain officeholders and candidates and the content of those statements; creating a criminal offense. The Ethics Commission, Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council and Department of Criminal Justice have indicated that any costs associated with implementing the bill could be absorbed within existing resources. 

The bill would take effect on September 1, 2017. 

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 356 Texas Ethics Commission, 696 Department of Criminal Justice

LBB Staff:

UP, KK, AG, NV, GGo, LM, RFL, GDz, KVe, JGA, BM, PM