LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                           May 16, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Senator John T. Montford,    IN RE:  House BillNo. 1341,
         Chair                                                as amended
         Committee on Finance                           By: Stiles
         Senate
         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 make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.

The bill would authorize a local registrar who issues a certified
copy of a birth certificate to charge an additional fee of $2.00
per certificate, as currently charged by the Bureau of Vital
Statistics.  A local registrar or county clerk who collects this
fee would be required to remit $1.80 to the Comptroller for
deposit into 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  GR          Gain to   GR     Gain to   Units of 
                      Consolidated -     Consolidated -     Local Government  
                       Work-Family        Work-Family                         
                     Policies Account   Policies Account                      
                           147                147                             
                                                                              
          1996                $540,000           $567,000              $63,000
          1997                 540,000            567,000               63,000
                                                                              
          1998                 540,000            567,000               63,000
                                                                              
          1999                 540,000            567,000               63,000
          2000                 540,000                567               63,000
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
            Fiscal     Change in    
             Year   Number of State 
                     Employees from 
                        FY 1995     
                                    
                                    
                                    
          1996                   3.5
          1997                   3.5
                                    
          1998                   3.5
                                    
          1999                   3.5
          2000                   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, BR, DF