Committee: Agriculture and Forestry Sponsor: Sorrells
Analyst: Tiffany Weaver Date: 03/16/2022
FISCAL NOTE
House Bill 503 as introduced would require the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to regulate deer enclosures. This could increase the administrative obligations of DCNR to adopt rules to implement the provisions of this bill which could be offset, in whole in part, by increased fee receipts to the Game and Fish Fund from the $2,500 registration fee, per enclosure, which is adjusted annually by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Also, this bill could increase receipts to the State General Fund and municipal general funds from fines; increase receipts to the State General Fund, county general funds, municipal general funds, and other funds to which court costs are deposited; and could increase the obligations of the State General Fund, district attorneys, and local jails by an undetermined amount dependent upon the number of persons charged with and convicted of the offenses provided by this bill and the penalties imposed.
Danny Crawford, Chair Agriculture and Forestry