LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 18, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Allen Place, Chair           IN RE:  House Bill No. 179
         Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence            By: Combs
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
179 (relating to the participation of certain convicted felons in
county jail work release programs) this office has determined the
following:

The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure by removing
eligibility for county jail work release programs for certain
defendants awaiting transfer to the institutional division of the
Texas Department of criminal Justice.


No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.


Source:
          LBB Staff: JK, GG, RR