Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB666 by Hughes (Relating to the age at which a person may purchase or possess nitrous oxide.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require a business establishment that sells an abusable volatile chemical at retail to display a sign specifying that the sale of nitrous oxide to a person under 21 years of age is punishable in certain circumstances as a state jail felony. The bill would also expand conduct constituting the criminal offense of delivery of an abusable volatile chemical to a minor.
The Office of Court Administration indicates that no significant fiscal impact 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