LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 14, 2013 TO: Honorable Craig Estes, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1314 by Creighton (Relating to the unlawful seizure of a firearm by a governmental officer or employee; providing penalties .), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would create a Class A misdemeanor offense for a government employee to seize a firearm in accordance with a federal law that does not exist under Texas law and violates the United States Constitution. A Class A misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $4,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year, or both. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: LBB Staff: UP, SZ, KKR
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 14, 2013
TO: Honorable Craig Estes, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1314 by Creighton (Relating to the unlawful seizure of a firearm by a governmental officer or employee; providing penalties .), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Craig Estes, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1314 by Creighton (Relating to the unlawful seizure of a firearm by a governmental officer or employee; providing penalties .), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
Honorable Craig Estes, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security
Honorable Craig Estes, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB1314 by Creighton (Relating to the unlawful seizure of a firearm by a governmental officer or employee; providing penalties .), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
HB1314 by Creighton (Relating to the unlawful seizure of a firearm by a governmental officer or employee; providing penalties .), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would create a Class A misdemeanor offense for a government employee to seize a firearm in accordance with a federal law that does not exist under Texas law and violates the United States Constitution. A Class A misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $4,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year, or both.
The bill would create a Class A misdemeanor offense for a government employee to seize a firearm in accordance with a federal law that does not exist under Texas law and violates the United States Constitution.
A Class A misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $4,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year, or both.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: UP, SZ, KKR
UP, SZ, KKR