LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                        February 28, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Seantor Judith Zaffirini,    IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 40
         Chair                                          By: Bivins
         Committee on Health & Human Services
         Senate
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
40 (Relating to the treatment of repeat sex offenders.) 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 allow certain repeat sex offenders confined by the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice to volunteer to have an
orchiectomy performed.  The bill authorizes physicians employed
by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to perform an
orchiectomy under certain conditions.

The bill requires the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to
perform a long term study of recidivism among sex offenders who
undergo the procedure.


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




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