LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 86TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 25, 2019

TO:	Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM:	John McGeady, Assistant Director     Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1811 by Lucio (relating to continuing education training on civil process for constables.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require that during each continuing education training period, constables must complete at least 20 hours of continuing education instruction on civil process to be provided by a public institution of higher education selected by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE).

Based on the analysis provided by institutions of higher education and TCOLE, 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

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

Source Agencies:

407 Commission on Law Enforcement, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 985 Tyler Junior College

LBB Staff:

WP, LBO, AF, AI, NA, GO