LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                        February 20, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Don Henderson, Chair         IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 264
         Committee on Jurisprudence                     By: Luna, Gregory
         Senate
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
264 (Relating to jury service by deaf or hearing impaired
persons.) this office has determined the following:

This bill would require a court to appoint a qualified
interpreter  for deaf or hearing impaired persons during voir
dire, trial, and jury deliberations.  The interpreter would be
entitled to a fee determined by the court in consultation with
the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired.  If the
interpreter is required to travel, all actual expenses of travel,
lodging and meals incurred would be paid at the state rate for
reimbursement.  The county is required to pay these fees out of
its general fund.


No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

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


Source:   Commission for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, Office of
the Attorney General
          LBB Staff: JK, DC, RR