LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 17, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Don Henderson, Chair         IN RE:  Senate BillNo. 1248
         Committee on Jurisprudence                     By: Montford
         Senate
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1248 (relating to the salaries of certain justices and judges)
this office has determined the following:

The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.

The bill would establish an index for salaries for the justices
of the supreme court and judges of the court of criminal appeals
based on the salary of a judge of a U.S. court of appeals.  The
salaries for the chief justice of the supreme court and presiding
judge of the court of criminal appeals are included at a slightly
higher rate. 

The fiscal implication the state cannot be determined.  However,
there would be no immediate fiscal implication because the
salaries of these judicial officers are currently consistent with
the provisions of the bill.  There would be no fiscal implication
to the state until such time as the U.S. court of appeals judges
receive an increase.

No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.





Source:   Comptroller of Public Accounts    




          LBB Staff: JK, DC, RR