LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 19, 2015 TO: Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB461 by Canales (relating to the creation of an offense for smoking tobacco in a passenger vehicle with a child present.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Penal Code to create a Class C misdemeanor offense for possessing a burning tobacco product or smoking tobacco with a child present in the vehicle. The bill would permit a judge to reduce the amount of a fine if the offender completes a parenting class approved by the judge. The bill would prohibit a peace officer from stopping or detaining a person who is the operator or an occupant of a passenger vehicle for the sole purpose of determining if an offense has occurred under the provisions of the bill.A Class C misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $500. Local Government Impact Costs associated with enforcement and prosecution could likely be absorbed within existing resources. Revenue gain from fines imposed and collected is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact. Source Agencies: LBB Staff: UP, KJo, SD, EK
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 19, 2015
TO: Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB461 by Canales (relating to the creation of an offense for smoking tobacco in a passenger vehicle with a child present.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB461 by Canales (relating to the creation of an offense for smoking tobacco in a passenger vehicle with a child present.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
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
HB461 by Canales (relating to the creation of an offense for smoking tobacco in a passenger vehicle with a child present.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB461 by Canales (relating to the creation of an offense for smoking tobacco in a passenger vehicle with a child present.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Penal Code to create a Class C misdemeanor offense for possessing a burning tobacco product or smoking tobacco with a child present in the vehicle. The bill would permit a judge to reduce the amount of a fine if the offender completes a parenting class approved by the judge. The bill would prohibit a peace officer from stopping or detaining a person who is the operator or an occupant of a passenger vehicle for the sole purpose of determining if an offense has occurred under the provisions of the bill.A Class C misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $500.
Local Government Impact
Costs associated with enforcement and prosecution could likely be absorbed within existing resources. Revenue gain from fines imposed and collected is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: UP, KJo, SD, EK
UP, KJo, SD, EK