LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 86TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
May 18, 2019

TO:
Honorable Kelly Hancock, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
 
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director     Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director
Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB2856 by Morrison (Relating to restrictions under disaster remediation contracts; creating a criminal offense.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Business & Commerce Code relating to restrictions under disaster remediation contracts; creating a criminal offense. Based on information provided by the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation, Office of the Attorney General, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, this analysis assumes that the duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources.

The bill would take effect on September 1, 2019.

Local Government Impact

A Class B misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $2,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days, or both. Costs associated with enforcement, prosecution and confinement could likely be absorbed within existing resources. Revenue gain from fines imposed and collected is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal implication.


Source Agencies:
302 Office of the Attorney General, 452 Department of Licensing and Regulation, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
LBB Staff:
WP, DFR, CLo, SGr, AF