LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  February 9, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Ron E. Lewis, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 236
          Committee on County Affairs                              By: Solomons
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB236 ( Relating 
to reimbursement for mileage traveled by jurors.) this office 
has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB236-As Introduced
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
The bill would provide that jurors who are impaneled and, on 
the same day, must travel more than 10 miles to a location where 
they will serve on the jury are entitled to reimbursement for 
travel at a rate not to exceed the rate of mileage reimbursement 
for state employees.  Most counties under the population of 
250,000 (95% of all counties) would not be impacted at all since 
the courts will impanel jurors at the same location where they 
serve.  A majority of counties with a population of 250,000 
or greater will also not be impacted because only a few will 
require jurors to appear and then require them to travel more 
than 10 miles on the same day to a location where proceedings 
are held.  No signifcant fiscal impact to units of local government 
is expected.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,TL ,DC