Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3464 by Kacal (Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with a correctional facility tablet device.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would create a third degree felony offense for altering, modifying, or breaching the security, programming, or operating system of a tablet provided to an individual while confined in a correctional facility. 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, 696 Department of Criminal Justice