Honorable Ken King, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB4247 by Metcalf (Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for destruction of a flag.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would increase the criminal penalty for the offense of damaging, defacing, mutilating, or burning the flag of the United States or the State of Texas from a Class A misdemeanor to a state jail felony.
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