LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 6, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Don Henderson, Chair         IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 291
         Committee on Jurisprudence                     By: Moncrief
         Senate
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
291 (relating to voluntary adoption registries) this office has
determined the following:

The bill would change the guidelines relating to voluntary
adoption registries.  The Department of Protective and Regulatory
Services (DPRS) would establish and maintain a mutual consent
voluntary adoption registry.  The bill would allow the registry
to establish a schedule of fees for services provided.  Fees
would be set in an amount reasonably related to the direct and
indirect costs of establishing, operating, and maintaining the
registry.  The language pertaining to the current registration
fee would be deleted.


The fiscal implication to the State cannot be determined because
the schedule of  fees would be determined by DPRS.

No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.


Source:   Comptroller of Public Accounts,
                          Department of Protective and Regulatory
Services
          LBB Staff: JK, NM, RR