LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                           May 4, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Don Henderson, Chair         IN RE:  Senate Bill No.
         Committee on Jurisprudence             1687, as amended
         Senate                                         By: Henderson
         Austin, Texas








FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1687 (relating to the creation of certain judicial districts and
to the offices of district attorney of certain judicial
districts) 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 create 13 Judicial Districts:  the 378th Judicial
District in Ellis County, the 379th Judicial District in Fort
Bend County, the 380th Judicial District in Collin County, the
381st Judicial District in Starr County, the 382nd Judicial
District in Rockwall County, the 383rd and 384th Judicial
Districts in El Paso County, the 400th, 401st, 402nd, 403rd and
404th Judicial Districts in Bexar County, and the 407th Judicial
District in El Paso County.  The bill would also create a
judicial district and county attorney position for the 278th
Judicial District in Grimes County. 

The fiscal implications to the State are indicated in the table
below.  The fiscal implication to the counties would be
approximately $3.5 million.

The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first  five years following passage
is estimated as follows:    





        
            Fiscal  Probable Cost Out 
             Year      of  General    
                     Revenue Fund 001 
                                      
          1996              $1,352,010
          1997               1,454,051
                                      
          1998               1,454,051
                                      
          1999               1,454,051
          2000               1,454,051
                                      
                                      
                                      
       Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.


Source:   Comptroller of Public Accounts
          LBB Staff: JK, DC, RR