LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 15, 2015 TO: Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1082 by Fletcher (Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of obstructing a highway or other passageway.), As Introduced No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Penal Code to reclassify an offense of obstructing a highway or other passages from a Class B misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor if the actor used a device intended to hinder the removal of such obstruction. 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 Costs associated with enforcement, prosecution and confinement could likely be absorbed within existing resources. Revenue gain from fines imposed and collected is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal implication. Source Agencies: LBB Staff: UP, KJo, SD, EK
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 15, 2015
TO: Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1082 by Fletcher (Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of obstructing a highway or other passageway.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1082 by Fletcher (Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of obstructing a highway or other passageway.), As Introduced
Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB1082 by Fletcher (Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of obstructing a highway or other passageway.), As Introduced
HB1082 by Fletcher (Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of obstructing a highway or other passageway.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Penal Code to reclassify an offense of obstructing a highway or other passages from a Class B misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor if the actor used a device intended to hinder the removal of such obstruction. 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
Costs associated with enforcement, prosecution and confinement could likely be absorbed within existing resources. Revenue gain from fines imposed and collected is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal implication.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: UP, KJo, SD, EK
UP, KJo, SD, EK