LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 21, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Don Henderson, Chair         IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 753
         Committee on Jurisprudence                     By: Shapiro
         Senate
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
753 (relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in
Irving.; Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record
in Irving) this office has determined the following:

The bill would grant the City of Irving authority to create
municipal courts of record, appoint municipal judges,
magistrates, court clerks and court reporters to staff these
courts.

The bill specifies the qualifications, duties and hiring and
removal procedures of the court personnel and gives the City of
Irving authority to set salaries for these positions.

The City of Irving estimates that the first year cost would be
approximately $163,142 for administration.   However, revenue
gains attached to the disposition of approximately 7,000 cases
annually in the city's jurisdiction would raise an estimated
$438,750.  This would result in a net revenue gain to the city of
$275,600 in the first year.   The second year cost is estimated
to be $129,472 for administration with revenue of $453,450, for a
net gain of $323,978.  Thereafter, the administrative costs are
estimated to be $129,230, with the revenue remaining at $453,450
annually for a net gain of $324,220.


No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.


Source:   Comptroller of Public Accounts    




          LBB Staff: JK, DC, RR