LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 9, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Don Henderson, Chair         IN RE: Committee Substitute
         Committee on Jurisprudence             for
         Senate                                                Senate Bill
         Austin, Texas                          No. 115










FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
115 (relating to the suspension of certain licenses for failure
to pay child support) this office has determined the following:

The bill would allow revocation of driver's licenses for failure
to pay child support.  Title IV-D cases would be referred to a
hearings process at the Office of the Attorney General.  Other
cases would require use of the courts.  Suspensions would be
provided for in cases where an individual is ninety days or more
late on payments.  The bill would affect only driver's licenses
and other certificates, registration, permits or authorization
issued by the Department of Public Safety to operate a motor
vehicle.  The bill would allow a licensing agency to charge a fee
to recover administrative costs.  The bill also would give the
Comptroller of Public Accounts and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission rulemaking authority for suspension of state licenses
relating to certain state taxes.

The bill would implement the recommendation to revoke driver's
licenses for failure to pay child support, which was included in
the Comptroller's welfare reform report, A Partnership for
Independence.  A significant increase in collections for AFDC
child support cases should occur due to payment of obligations in
arrears during the first three years of operations.  Ongoing
savings would accrue from the collection of current child support
starting in the third year.    




It is assumed that the Office of the Attorney General currently
has adequate resources to implement the provisions of the bill.
 
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 Child   
                    Support Retained 
                      Collections    
                        Account      
                                     
          1996             $6,589,000
          1997              9,250,000
                                     
          1998             17,233,000
                                     
          1999             10,644,000
          2000             10,644,000
                                     
                                     
                                     
       Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.

No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.


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