Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB127 by Hall (Relating to the offense of failure to report child abuse or neglect by certain professionals and the statute of limitations for that offense; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would increase the statute of limitations for the felony offense of failure to report child abuse or neglect to 4 years after the date the offense was discovered. The bill would increase the statute of limitations for the misdemeanor offense of failure to report child abuse or neglect to 3 years after the date the offense was discovered.
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