LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 22, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Keith Oakley, Chair          IN RE: Committee Substitute
         Committee on Public Safety             for House Bill No. 523
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas







FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
523 (relating to stolen vehicle checkpoints near the Mexico
border; relating to the jurisdiction of a magistrate to hear a
stolen property disposition hearing; relating to certain
information required on a certificate of title) 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 would amend Subsection (b) of Section 411.0095,
Government Code, to allow a checkpoint to be established if
within 250 yards north of a federally designated crossing at the
Mexican border.

The bill would amend Section (a) of Article 47.01a, Code of
Criminal Procedure, to allow an official having jurisdiction as a
magistrate to hold a hearing to determine the right of possession
of allegedly stolen property.


No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The fiscal implication to units of local government cannot be
determined.


Source:   Department of Transportation    




          LBB Staff: JK, ML, RR