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FISCAL NOTE
House Bill 29
Committee: Public Safety and Homeland
Security
Sponsor: Representative Treadaway
Analyst: Peter Grogan Date: 03/22/2023
House Bill 29as reported by the Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security 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, local jails, the district attorneys, the Department of Corrections, the Bureau of Pardons
and Paroles, and community corrections programs 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.
Further, this bill could increase the administrative obligations of a law enforcement agency that
seizes a vehicle pursuant to this bill; these obligations may be offset, wholly or in part, by any
proceeds received from the sale of such vehicle.
In addition, this bill could increase the obligations of certain municipalities by an undetermined
amount dependent upon the cost to reimburse counties for the costs of housing and healthcare
for individuals arrested and held on a misdemeanor charge as provided by this bill.