Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3266 Fiscal Note / Fiscal Note

Filed 04/03/2023

                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD     Austin, Texas       FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION             April 3, 2023       TO: Honorable Ryan Guillen, Chair, House Committee on Community Safety, Select     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB3266 by Frazier (Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.), As Introduced     No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would expand the conduct constituting the offense of knowingly possessing, manufacturing, transporting, repairing, or selling a prohibited weapon to include such conduct related to a device designed and intended to make a handgun capable of automatically shooting more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.It is assumed that any fiscal impact and any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant. While it is assumed that any state revenue impact would not be significant, it would be dependent on the number of offenses committed and the associated court costs.  Local Government ImpactIt is assumed that any fiscal impact to units of local government associated with enforcement, prosecution, supervision, or confinement would not be significant.  Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts  LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, DDel, LBO, ESch

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 3, 2023

 

 

  TO: Honorable Ryan Guillen, Chair, House Committee on Community Safety, Select     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB3266 by Frazier (Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.), As Introduced   

TO: Honorable Ryan Guillen, Chair, House Committee on Community Safety, Select
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB3266 by Frazier (Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.), As Introduced

 Honorable Ryan Guillen, Chair, House Committee on Community Safety, Select

 Honorable Ryan Guillen, Chair, House Committee on Community Safety, Select

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 HB3266 by Frazier (Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.), As Introduced 

 HB3266 by Frazier (Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.), As Introduced 



No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would expand the conduct constituting the offense of knowingly possessing, manufacturing, transporting, repairing, or selling a prohibited weapon to include such conduct related to a device designed and intended to make a handgun capable of automatically shooting more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.It is assumed that any fiscal impact and any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant. While it is assumed that any state revenue impact would not be significant, it would be dependent on the number of offenses committed and the associated court costs.

 Local Government Impact

It is assumed that any fiscal impact to units of local government associated with enforcement, prosecution, supervision, or confinement would not be significant.

Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts

LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, DDel, LBO, ESch

JMc, DDel, LBO, ESch