LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 10, 1995



 TO:     Honorable John Whitmire, Chair         IN RE:  Senate Bill No.
         Committee on Criminal Justice          1379,
         Senate                                               as amended
         Austin, Texas                                  By: Wentworth









FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1379 (Relating to prosecutor assistance by the Office of the
Attorney General of Texas; making an appropriation.) this office
has determined the following:

The bill would prevent any challenges to the legitimacy of the
role of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) Prosecutor
Assistance Division in criminal prosecution once a district or
county attorney has requested aid.  The bill would amend the
Government Code to state that a prosecuting attorney may request
prosecution assistance of the attorney general, and that the
assistant attorney general may be appointed and deputized by a
prosecuting attorney or by a judge.  The bill would disallow
defense attorneys or judges to construe a portion of the
Government Code to disqualify the participation for the OAF
prosecutor Assistance Division.

Moneys credited to the attorney general account and the attorney
general law enforcement account are hereby appropriated.  
Unexpended balances credited to the accounts at the end of a
biennium are carried over to the next successive biennium.  
Amounts from each account cannot be determined at this time.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

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




    

 







Source:   LBB Staff: JK, BR, RR