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FISCAL NOTE
House Bill 248
Committee: Ports, Waterways, and Intermodal
Transit
Sponsor: Representative Craig Lipscomb
Analyst: Jennifer Farish Date: 04/10/2023
House Bill 248 as introduced requires the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
(DCNR) to issue bass stocking permits to certain entitites, which will be issued at no-cost,
according to DCNR. This bill could also 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.