Honorable Brooks Landgraf, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3300 by Guerra (Relating to the release of a balloon; providing a criminal penalty.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would create a Class C misdemeanor offense for knowingly releasing a balloon into the air outside a roofed structure or for organizing, sponsoring, or promoting an event knowing that such release of a balloon is an authorized part of the event and such release occurs. It is assumed that any fiscal impact and any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.
Local Government Impact
It is assumed that any fiscal impact to units of local government associated with enforcement, prosecution, supervision, or confinement would not be significant
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts