LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  March 16, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 1516
          Committee on Judicial Affairs                              By: Thompson
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB1516 ( Relating 
to the creation of a record keeping system for assisting law 
enforcement in the location of missing children.) this office 
has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB1516-As Introduced
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. 

         

         
 
It is projected that the Department of Health and the Department 
of Public Safety could absorb the additional workload associated 
with the provisions of this bill within existing resources.
          
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government 
is anticipated.  It is estimated that some costs would be incurred 
by local registration districts; however, the costs will be 
distributed among approximately 600 locations.  Large metropolitan 
areas such as Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio would 
be disproportionately affected.  Some local areas which are 
not automated would have higher costs.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   324   Department of Human Services
                                         405   Department of Public Safety
                                         501   Department of Health
                                         530   Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
                                         701   Texas Education Agency - Administration
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,PE ,KF