LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 74th Regular Session February 25, 1995 TO: Honorable Curtis Seidlits, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 6 Committee on State Affairs By: Duncan, et al. House of Representatives Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No. 6 (Relating to venue for civil actions.) this office has determined the following: The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill establishes venue for certain civil actions and creates the Judicial Panel on Multicounty Litigation which may transfer civil actions to another county for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of the bill during each of the first five years following passage is estimated as follows: Fiscal Probable Cost Year Out of General Revenue Fund 001 1996 $10,000 1997 10,000 1998 10,000 1999 10,000 2000 10,000 Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the provisions of the bill are in effect. No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source: LBB Staff: JK, RR, DF