Texas 2009 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1840 Introduced / Fiscal Note

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                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD    Austin, Texas      FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION            April 17, 2009      TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice      FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:SB1840 by Uresti (Relating to inclusion of pets and other companion animals in protective orders; providing a penalty.), As Introduced    No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  The bill would amend the Family Code and the Penal Code relating to inclusion of pets and other companion animals in protective orders and would provide a penalty.  To the extent the bill would expand the purposes for which a court could issue a protective order, no increase in judicial workloads or fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  The bill would take effect September 1, 2009. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. The bill would allow a court to issue a protective order prohibiting a party from removing a pet, companion animal, or assistance animal from the possession of a person named in the order.    Source Agencies:212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council   LBB Staff:  JOB, ESi, TP, TB, MN    

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 17, 2009





  TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice      FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:SB1840 by Uresti (Relating to inclusion of pets and other companion animals in protective orders; providing a penalty.), As Introduced  

TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1840 by Uresti (Relating to inclusion of pets and other companion animals in protective orders; providing a penalty.), As Introduced

 Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice 

 Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice 

 John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board

 John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board

SB1840 by Uresti (Relating to inclusion of pets and other companion animals in protective orders; providing a penalty.), As Introduced

SB1840 by Uresti (Relating to inclusion of pets and other companion animals in protective orders; providing a penalty.), As Introduced



No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.



The bill would amend the Family Code and the Penal Code relating to inclusion of pets and other companion animals in protective orders and would provide a penalty.  To the extent the bill would expand the purposes for which a court could issue a protective order, no increase in judicial workloads or fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  The bill would take effect September 1, 2009.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. The bill would allow a court to issue a protective order prohibiting a party from removing a pet, companion animal, or assistance animal from the possession of a person named in the order.

Source Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council

LBB Staff: JOB, ESi, TP, TB, MN

 JOB, ESi, TP, TB, MN