Honorable Gary VanDeaver, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB2024 by Perry (Relating to a prohibition on marketing, advertising, or selling certain e-cigarette products; creating a criminal offense.), As Engrossed
The bill would make the sale or marketing of certain e-cigarette related products a Class B misdemeanor. As a result, fine revenue could increase. However, the amount of any increased revenue cannot be determined.
The bill would make it a Class B misdemeanor to market, advertise, or sell e-cigarette products, regardless of the presence of nicotine in the product, when the product container bears the name of a celebrity, when the product comes shaped or designed to appear as an alternative product, when the product was manufactured in China, or when the product contains certain substances.
The Office of Court Administration is unable to project the change in case volume and associated costs that would result from implementing the provisions of the bill.
Although the fines resulting from the additional Class B misdemeanors could lead to increased revenue, the amount is unknown.
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
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
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