Honorable Brian Birdwell, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1198 by Birdwell (relating to the designation of spaceports as critical
infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil
liability.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would expand the applicability of the offenses of damaging or destroying critical infrastructure facility, impairing or interrupting operation of critical infrastructure facility, intent to damage or destroy critical infrastructure facility, and intent to impair or interrupt operation of critical infrastructure facility to include when the setting was any property or facility that is used for the launch, landing, recovery, or testing of spacecraft. 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