LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 25, 2009 TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB257 by Estes (Relating to the sale or delivery of salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A to a child; providing a penalty. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would create as a Class C misdemeanor offense the act of selling salvia divinorum, Salvinorin A, or a product containing salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A to a person younger than 18 years of age or to a person who intends to deliver it to a person younger than 18 years of age. A Class C misdemeanor is punishable by a fine not to exceed $500. Costs associated with enforcement would be absorbed within existing resources. Revenue gains would vary depending on how many such offenses occur and how much fine is imposed. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: LBB Staff: JOB, ESi, GG, DB
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 25, 2009
TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB257 by Estes (Relating to the sale or delivery of salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A to a child; providing a penalty. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB257 by Estes (Relating to the sale or delivery of salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A to a child; providing a penalty. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
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
SB257 by Estes (Relating to the sale or delivery of salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A to a child; providing a penalty. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB257 by Estes (Relating to the sale or delivery of salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A to a child; providing a penalty. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would create as a Class C misdemeanor offense the act of selling salvia divinorum, Salvinorin A, or a product containing salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A to a person younger than 18 years of age or to a person who intends to deliver it to a person younger than 18 years of age. A Class C misdemeanor is punishable by a fine not to exceed $500. Costs associated with enforcement would be absorbed within existing resources. Revenue gains would vary depending on how many such offenses occur and how much fine is imposed.
The bill would create as a Class C misdemeanor offense the act of selling salvia divinorum, Salvinorin A, or a product containing salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A to a person younger than 18 years of age or to a person who intends to deliver it to a person younger than 18 years of age.
A Class C misdemeanor is punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.
Costs associated with enforcement would be absorbed within existing resources. Revenue gains would vary depending on how many such offenses occur and how much fine is imposed.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: JOB, ESi, GG, DB
JOB, ESi, GG, DB