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. 117









FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
117 (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 business, professional or
occupational 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 a license, certificate, registration, permit or
other authorization required to practice or engage in a
particular business, occupation or profession.  The bill would
allow a licensing agency to charge a fee to recover
administrative costs.  The bill would also give the Comptroller
of Public Accounts and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
rulemaking authority for suspension of state licenses relating to
some state taxes.

The bill would implement the recommendation to revoke
professional and occupation licenses for failure to pay child
support, which were included in the Comptroller's welfare reform
report, A Partnership for Independence.   Savings and costs of
hearings on the revocation and non-renewal of professional and
occupational licenses cannot be estimated.,    




The fiscal implication to the State or units of local government
cannot be determined.
 

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