Honorable Cecil Bell, Chair, House Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB464 by Campbell (relating to the operation near a public or private primary or secondary school of a retail establishment selling cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping apparatuses, or tobacco products; creating a criminal offense.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
Passage of the bill would make operating a retail establishment that sells cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and certain related products with 1,000 feet of a primary or secondary school campus a Class A misdemeanor. As a result, fine revenue could increase. However, the amount of any increased revenue cannot be determined.
The bill would prohibit a retailer from operating a retail establishment that sells cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping apparatuses, or tobacco products within 1,000 feet of a primary or secondary school campus. An offense in violation of the prohibition would be a Class A misdemeanor. The number of potential violations of the new prohibition is unknown. As a result, the revenue implications of this bill cannot be determined.
According to the Office of Court Administration, no significant fiscal impact to the state court system is anticipated.
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