LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
March 30, 1995
TO: Honorable Don Henderson, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 655,
Committee on Jurisprudence as engrossed
Senate By: Goodman
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
655 (relating to the recodification of statutes relating to
parents and children and suits affecting the parent-child
relationship) this office has determined the following:
The bill would recodify the Family Code by reenacting Title 2 and
adding Title 5. The bill would recodify provisions relating to
parents and children and suits affecting the parent-child
relationship.
Two sections of the bill would rededicate funds that would
otherwise be consolidated into the General Revenue Fund under the
Funds Consolidation Act. The rededication of revenue sources in
the General Revenue Fund could further restrict the ability of
the Legislature to appropriate revenues for general state
operating purposes.
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 Loss to Probable Gain to
Year General Revenue General Revenue
Fund - Fund - Dedicated
Consolidated
1996 $42,503,000 $42,503,000
1997 46,007,000 46,007,000
1998 49,507,000 49,507,000
1999 53,005,000 53,005,000
2000 56,706,000 56,706,000
The fiscal implication to units of local government cannot be
determined.
Source: Comptroller of Public Accounts, Office of the Attorney
General,
Department of Human Services,
Department of Health,
Texas Department of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation
LBB Staff: JK, RS, RR