LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 13, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair    IN RE: Committee Substitute
         Committee on Judicial Affairs          for
         House of Representatives                              House Bill
         Austin, Texas                          No. 2673










FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
2673 (relating to the imposition and collection of additional
court costs in certain counties) this office has determined the
following:

The bill would increase the filing fee for civil cases filed in
statutory county courts from $20 to $30 for each case that is
filed.  The bill would also require the Comptroller to credit $30
of the fee deposited in the judicial fund by the county for cases
assigned to a statutory county court as fees deposited under
Section 51.702 of the Government Code.

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 Revenue 
             Year      Gain to       
                    Judicial Fund 573
                    GR Consolidated  
                                     
          1996               $849,000
                                     
          1997                849,000
                                     
                                     
                                     

        1998                   849,000

        1999                   849,000
        2000                   849,000



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

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

Source:   Comptroller of Public Accounts
          LBB Staff: JK, RR