LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 9, 1995



 TO:     Honorable John T. Montford, Chair      IN RE:  House BillNo. 1341,
         Committee on Finance                                  as engrossed
         Senate                                         By: Stiles
         Austin, Texas








FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1341 (Relating to the operation and funding of the Work and
Family Policies Clearinghouse) this office has determined the
following:

The bill would amend the Texas Health and Safety Code, the Local
Government Code and the Labor Code and increase funding  for the
Work and Family Policies Clearinghouse Program of the Texas
Employment Commission.  The bill would increase program funding
by establishing a $2 fee for a certified copy of a birth
certificate.  The bill would allow counties to keep $.20 of the
fee for administrative costs and deposit the remaining $1.80 in
the state treasury to the credit of the Work and Family Policies
Fund.

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 Out  Probable Revenue   Probable Revenue
           Year          of              Gain to        Gain to Units of
                    Work and Family   Work and Family                   
                   Policies Account  Policies  Account  Local Government
                         147               147                          
                   GR Consolidated   GR Consolidated                    
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
          Fiscal     Change in   
           Year   Number of State
                   Employees from
                      FY 1995    
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 

        1996                  $540,000             $567,000               $63,000               3.5

        1997                   540,000              567,000                63,000               3.5
        1998                   540,000              567,000                63,000               3.5

        1999                   540,000              567,000                63,000               3.5

        2000                   540,000              567,000                63,000               3.5



       Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.


Source:   Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas Employment
Commission
          LBB Staff: JK, CG, DF