LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 17, 2021 TO: Honorable Briscoe Cain, Chair, House Committee on Elections FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB1509 by Creighton (relating to identification requirements for early voting by mail.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Election Code as it relates to identification requirements for early voting by mail. Among other provisions, the bill would add to the requirements that must be met for an early voting ballot to be accepted. Intentionally accepting a ballot for voting or causing a ballot to be accepted for voting that a person knows does not meet those requirements is a Class A misdemeanor.It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources. Local Government ImpactAccording to Williamson County, no fiscal impact is anticipated.Bexar County anticipates having to replace all the ballot envelope stock they have, which exists in different colors for different elections to help with overlapping elections. Vendors would have to hurry to print the supplies that the county would need to use by the November election.According to Cameron County, the fiscal impact is not determinable at this time, but there is an anticipated impact if the bill requires a synchronization of voter registration records and Department of Public Safety records. The county currently pays approximately $80,000 per year for their voter registration software and anticipates an annual cost ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 to maintain a live synchronization.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: b > td > 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 307 Secretary of State, 405 Department of Public Safety LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, SLE, CMA, ANE, SMAT
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 17, 2021
TO: Honorable Briscoe Cain, Chair, House Committee on Elections FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB1509 by Creighton (relating to identification requirements for early voting by mail.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Briscoe Cain, Chair, House Committee on Elections
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1509 by Creighton (relating to identification requirements for early voting by mail.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
Honorable Briscoe Cain, Chair, House Committee on Elections
Honorable Briscoe Cain, Chair, House Committee on Elections
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB1509 by Creighton (relating to identification requirements for early voting by mail.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
SB1509 by Creighton (relating to identification requirements for early voting by mail.), Committee Report 2nd 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 Election Code as it relates to identification requirements for early voting by mail. Among other provisions, the bill would add to the requirements that must be met for an early voting ballot to be accepted. Intentionally accepting a ballot for voting or causing a ballot to be accepted for voting that a person knows does not meet those requirements is a Class A misdemeanor.It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.
It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.
It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.
Local Government Impact
According to Williamson County, no fiscal impact is anticipated.Bexar County anticipates having to replace all the ballot envelope stock they have, which exists in different colors for different elections to help with overlapping elections. Vendors would have to hurry to print the supplies that the county would need to use by the November election.According to Cameron County, the fiscal impact is not determinable at this time, but there is an anticipated impact if the bill requires a synchronization of voter registration records and Department of Public Safety records. The county currently pays approximately $80,000 per year for their voter registration software and anticipates an annual cost ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 to maintain a live synchronization.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.
Bexar County anticipates having to replace all the ballot envelope stock they have, which exists in different colors for different elections to help with overlapping elections. Vendors would have to hurry to print the supplies that the county would need to use by the November election.According to Cameron County, the fiscal impact is not determinable at this time, but there is an anticipated impact if the bill requires a synchronization of voter registration records and Department of Public Safety records. The county currently pays approximately $80,000 per year for their voter registration software and anticipates an annual cost ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 to maintain a live synchronization.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: b > td > 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 307 Secretary of State, 405 Department of Public Safety
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 307 Secretary of State, 405 Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, SLE, CMA, ANE, SMAT
JMc, SLE, CMA, ANE, SMAT