LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 22, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Don Henderson, Chair         IN RE:  Senate Joint
         Committee on Jurisprudence             Resolution
         Senate                                                No. 40, as
         Austin, Texas                          amended
                                                        By: Wentworth









FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Joint
Resolution No. 40 (proposing a constitutional amendment relating
to the place at which the supreme court sits to transact
business) 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 propose a constitutional amendment to permit the
Supreme Court to sit at any location in the state for transacting
the business of the court.  The Supreme Court would incur
expenses for transportation, lodging and meals for nine justices,
three administrative staff, and three to six attorneys.  The
Justices would be reimbursed for actual expenses and the
remaining staff would receive per diem.  The Supreme Court cannot
estimate the cost of implementing the provisions of the bill.

The cost to the State for publication of the resolution is
$90,000.

The fiscal implication to the State cannot be determined.

No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
        




    

 





Source:   LBB Staff: JK, RR