LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 31, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Don Henderson, Chair         IN RE:  Senate Joint
         Committee on Jurisprudence             Resolution
         Senate                                                No. 26
         Austin, Texas                                  By: Ellis et al.








FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Joint
Resolution No. 26 (proposing a constitutional amendment providing
for the appointment of appellate justices and judges by the
governor with retention elections on a nonpartisan ballot for
those justices and judges, for the nonpartisan election and
retention or rejection of district judges, for the election of
certain district judges from commissioners court precincts, and
for the alteration of the terms of certain judicial offices) this
office has determined the following:

The joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to
authorize the appointment of appellate justices and judges by the
governor, the retention election on a nonpartisan ballot for
those justices and judges, the nonpartisan election and retention
or rejection of district judges, the election of certain district
judges from commissioners court precincts, and the alteration of
the terms of certain judicial offices.  The resolution would
require the counties to conduct the constitutional amendment
election in their county.

No fiscal implication to the state is anticipated, other than the
cost of publication.  The cost to the state for publication of
the resolution is $90,000.


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




Source:   Secretary of State
          LBB Staff: JK, DC, RR