Texas 2025 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB464 Fiscal Note / Fiscal Note

Filed 03/28/2025

                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD     Austin, Texas       FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION             March 28, 2025       TO: Honorable Paul Bettencourt, Chair, Senate Committee on Local Government     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: SB464 by Campbell (relating to the operation near a public or private primary or secondary school of a retail establishment selling cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping apparatuses, or tobacco products; creating a criminal offense.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted     Passage of the bill would make operating a retail establishment that sells cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and certain related products with 1,000 feet of a primary or secondary school campus a Class A misdemeanor. As a result, fine revenue could increase. However, the amount of any increased revenue cannot be determined.  The bill would prohibit a retailer from operating a retail establishment that sells cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping apparatuses, or tobacco products within 1,000 feet of a primary or secondary school campus. An offense in violation of the prohibition would be a Class A misdemeanor. The number of potential violations of the new prohibition is unknown. As a result, the revenue implications of this bill cannot be determined.According to the Office of Court Administration, no significant fiscal impact to the state court system is anticipated.It is assumed that any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.  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, SZ, SD, BRI

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 28, 2025

 

 

  TO: Honorable Paul Bettencourt, Chair, Senate Committee on Local Government     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: SB464 by Campbell (relating to the operation near a public or private primary or secondary school of a retail establishment selling cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping apparatuses, or tobacco products; creating a criminal offense.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted   

TO: Honorable Paul Bettencourt, Chair, Senate Committee on Local Government
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB464 by Campbell (relating to the operation near a public or private primary or secondary school of a retail establishment selling cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping apparatuses, or tobacco products; creating a criminal offense.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

 Honorable Paul Bettencourt, Chair, Senate Committee on Local Government

 Honorable Paul Bettencourt, Chair, Senate Committee on Local Government

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 SB464 by Campbell (relating to the operation near a public or private primary or secondary school of a retail establishment selling cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping apparatuses, or tobacco products; creating a criminal offense.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted 

 SB464 by Campbell (relating to the operation near a public or private primary or secondary school of a retail establishment selling cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping apparatuses, or tobacco products; creating a criminal offense.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted 



Passage of the bill would make operating a retail establishment that sells cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and certain related products with 1,000 feet of a primary or secondary school campus a Class A misdemeanor. As a result, fine revenue could increase. However, the amount of any increased revenue cannot be determined. 

Passage of the bill would make operating a retail establishment that sells cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and certain related products with 1,000 feet of a primary or secondary school campus a Class A misdemeanor. As a result, fine revenue could increase. However, the amount of any increased revenue cannot be determined. 

The bill would prohibit a retailer from operating a retail establishment that sells cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping apparatuses, or tobacco products within 1,000 feet of a primary or secondary school campus. An offense in violation of the prohibition would be a Class A misdemeanor. The number of potential violations of the new prohibition is unknown. As a result, the revenue implications of this bill cannot be determined.According to the Office of Court Administration, no significant fiscal impact to the state court system is anticipated.It is assumed that any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.

 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, SZ, SD, BRI

JMc, SZ, SD, BRI