LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 17, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Allen Hightower, Chair       IN RE:  House Bill No. 1980
         Committee on Corrections                       By: Hightower
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1980 (relating to the procedures for investigating the death of a
person confined in a facility operated by or under contract with
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; providing a penalty)
this office has determined the following:




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


Source:   Department of Criminal Justice
          LBB Staff: JK, BL, RR