LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 19, 2017 TO: Honorable Sarah Davis, Chair, House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB504 by Geren (relating to the use of nonpublic information by former members of the legislature; creating an offense.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Government Code to prohibit former legislative members from lobbying for two years after their term ended. The bill would take effect January 8, 2019. Local Government Impact 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. 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, JGA, KK, GG, BM, AG
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 19, 2017
TO: Honorable Sarah Davis, Chair, House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB504 by Geren (relating to the use of nonpublic information by former members of the legislature; creating an offense.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Sarah Davis, Chair, House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB504 by Geren (relating to the use of nonpublic information by former members of the legislature; creating an offense.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Sarah Davis, Chair, House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics
Honorable Sarah Davis, Chair, House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB504 by Geren (relating to the use of nonpublic information by former members of the legislature; creating an offense.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB504 by Geren (relating to the use of nonpublic information by former members of the legislature; creating an offense.), 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 Government Code to prohibit former legislative members from lobbying for two years after their term ended. The bill would take effect January 8, 2019.
Local Government Impact
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. 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, JGA, KK, GG, BM, AG
UP, JGA, KK, GG, BM, AG