LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 16, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Allen Place, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 1323
          Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence                              By: Luna, Wilma
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB1323 ( Relating 
to a fee collected by a prosecutor for collecting and processing 
a dishonored or forged check or similar sight order.) this office 
has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB1323-As Introduced
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
A county district attorney's office could increase revenues 
if it raised fees associated with collecting and processing 
dishonored or forged checks, as authorized by this bill.  The 
amount of increase in revenues would depend on the number of 
bad checks for which a county imposes a fee and the collection 
rate in the county.

Dallas County estimates that this bill 
would increase revenues to the county district attorney's Hot 
Check Fund by $71,250 per year.  Denton County estimates that 
its district attorney's office could increase annual revenues 
by $75,000, if this bill were enacted.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,CB ,TL