LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 12, 1995



 TO:     Honorable John Whitmire, Chair         IN RE: Committee Substitute
         Committee on Criminal Justice          for
         Senate                                                Senate Bill
         Austin, Texas                          No. 1049









FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1049 (relating to the Crime Victims' Compensation Act; providing
civil and administrative penalties) this office has determined
the following:

The bill would expand benefits for crime victims under the Crime
Victims' Compensation Act and affects the Compensation to Victims
of Crime Fund from which payments are made to victims of crime. 
The Office of the Attorney General can absorb the additional
benefit estimates with current and projected amounts in the
Compensation to Victims of Crime Fund.


No significant fiscal implication to the State or units of local
government is anticipated.


Source:   Office of the Attorney General
          LBB Staff: JK, JC, RR