LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 21, 2017 TO: Honorable Joan Huffman, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB264 by Perry (Relating to an application made by a county jailer or state correctional officer to obtain a license to carry a handgun.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Government Code to allow an applicant for an original or renewal license to carry a handgun who is a county jailer or a state correctional officer to be exempted from range instruction, as described by Section 411.188, Government Code, providing the applicant submits to the department additional information including job validation and evidence that the applicant has satisfactorily completed a training program, as required by the bill.The fee for an original or renewal license to carry a handgun for an applicant who is a state correctional officer would be $25.It is assumed that the change in fee would not have a significant revenue impact to the State. It is also assumed that the costs of implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.The bill would take effect September 1, 2017. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 696 Department of Criminal Justice LBB Staff: UP, AG, AI, FR
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 21, 2017
TO: Honorable Joan Huffman, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB264 by Perry (Relating to an application made by a county jailer or state correctional officer to obtain a license to carry a handgun.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Joan Huffman, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB264 by Perry (Relating to an application made by a county jailer or state correctional officer to obtain a license to carry a handgun.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Joan Huffman, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
Honorable Joan Huffman, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB264 by Perry (Relating to an application made by a county jailer or state correctional officer to obtain a license to carry a handgun.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB264 by Perry (Relating to an application made by a county jailer or state correctional officer to obtain a license to carry a handgun.), 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 amend the Government Code to allow an applicant for an original or renewal license to carry a handgun who is a county jailer or a state correctional officer to be exempted from range instruction, as described by Section 411.188, Government Code, providing the applicant submits to the department additional information including job validation and evidence that the applicant has satisfactorily completed a training program, as required by the bill.The fee for an original or renewal license to carry a handgun for an applicant who is a state correctional officer would be $25.It is assumed that the change in fee would not have a significant revenue impact to the State. It is also assumed that the costs of implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.The bill would take effect September 1, 2017.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 696 Department of Criminal Justice
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 696 Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff: UP, AG, AI, FR
UP, AG, AI, FR