LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                           May 9, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Curtis Seidlits, Chair       IN RE: Committee Substitute
         Committee on State Affairs                          for House Bill
         House of Representatives               No. 2646
         Austin, Texas                                  By: Bosse








FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
2646 (relating to courts of inquiry under the Code of Criminal
Procedure) this office has determined the following:

The bill would remove Chapter 52 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, concerning Courts of Inquiry.  Under the existing
statute costs are borne by the county in which the Court of
Inquiry is conducted unless the Attorney General has submitted a
request to the judge for the holding of the Court of Inquiry,  in
which case the costs are borne by the State. 

The removal of the statute authorizing Courts of Inquiry could
result in savings to the State or units of local government. 
However, because the convening of a Court of Inquiry occurs
infrequently these savings are expected to be significant.





Source:   Legislative Budget Board
          LBB Staff: JK, DC, DF