Honorable Dade Phelan, Chair, House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3816 by Metcalf (relating to prosecution of the criminal offense of cruelty to
livestock animals.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would expand conduct constituting the offense of cruelty to livestock animals to include when a person intentionally or knowingly administers certain controlled substances to a livestock animal in a manner not compliant with professional health care practices, and make the offense punishable as a state jail felony or as a third degree felony in cases when the person has two prior animal cruelty convictions.
It is assumed that 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