LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 18, 1995



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






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
2646 (Relating to 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