LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 28, 2023

TO:
Honorable Charles Schwertner, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
 
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB2105 by Johnson (relating to the registration of and certain other requirements relating to data brokers; providing a civil penalty and authorizing a fee.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

This bill would amend the Business & Commerce Code to require third-party data brokers conducting business in Texas to register annually with the Secretary of State (SOS) at a fee of $300.  The SOS would be required to provide a searchable central registry of these entities on the agency website including a search feature for certain specified data fields.

It is assumed that costs related to the one-time development of the required SOS database capable of maintaining these records could be addressed within existing resources.

The amount of General Revenue generated by the statutory registration fee cannot be determined at this time as the number of potential third-party data broker registrants is indeterminate.

According to the Office of Court Administration, potential civil actions resulting from the bill are not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact on the state court system.

According to the Office of the Attorney General, there would be no significant fiscal impact to the office.

Local Government Impact

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


Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 302 Office of the Attorney General, 307 Secretary of State
LBB Staff:
JMc, SZ, GP, LCO, NV, HGR