LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 16, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on
               Criminal Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB141  by Wise (Relating to the prosecution of and
               punishment for the offenses of kidnapping and aggravated
               kidnapping.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would amend the Penal Code by enhancing the punishment for the
offense of kidnapping from a felony of the third degree to a felony of
the second degree if the actor exposed the person abducted to a risk of
bodily injury.  The bill would also amend the Penal Code by further
defining the conditions which constitute the offense of aggravated
kidnapping.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, GG