LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 29, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Don Henderson, Chair         IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 622
         Committee on Jurisprudence                     By: Harris, Chris
         Senate
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
622 (relating to the establishment and operation of a domestic
relations office; providing a penalty) this office has determined
the following:

The bill would amend the Family Code by authorizing a county
commissioners court to establish a domestic relations office and
by requiring the commissioners court in a county having a
population of 1,000,000 or more to establish such an office.  A
domestic relations office would be allowed to collect and
disburse child support payments that are ordered by a court to be
paid through a domestic relations registry.  The office would
also be authorized to file a suit affecting the parent-child
relationship, including a suit to establish paternity; enforce a
court order for child support or for possession of and access to
a child; and modify or clarify an existing court order.


No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

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


Source:   Office of the Attorney General, Texas Employment
Commission,
                          Department of Human Services,
Department of Protective
                          and Regulatory Services
          LBB Staff: JK, JC, RR