LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  May 1, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 2697, Committee Report 1st House, as amended
          Committee on Judicial Affairs                              By: Gallego
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2697 ( Relating 
to the salary from the state of a district judge who serves 
as a local administrative district judge.) this office has detemined 
the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2697-Committee Report 1st House, as amended
         
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net 
negative impact of $(70,000) to General Revenue Related Funds 
through the biennium ending August 31, 1999.
         
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 provide a salary supplement of 
$5,000 for local administrative district judges in counties 
with more than five district courts.
         
 
Fiscal Analysis
 
There are seven counties, Harris, Dallas, Bexar, Tarrant, El 
Paso, Travis and Hidalgo, which have more than five district 
courts.
 
Methodolgy
 
The cost to the state for providing a $5,000 supplement to seven 
local administrative district judges would be $35,000 annually.
The probable fiscal implications of implementing the provisions 
of the bill during each of the first five years following passage 
is estimated as follows:
 
Five Year Impact:
 
Fiscal Year Probable           Change in Number   
            Savings/(Cost)     of State                                                                   
            from General       Employees from                                                             
            Revenue Fund       FY 1997                                                                    
            0001                                                                                           
       1998         ($35,000)               0.0                                                      
       1998          (35,000)               0.0                                                      
       2000          (35,000)               0.0                                                      
       2001          (35,000)               0.0                                                      
       2002          (35,000)               0.0                                                      
 
 
         Net Impact on General Revenue Related Funds:
 
The probable fiscal implication to General Revenue related funds 
during each of the first five years is estimated as follows:
 
              Fiscal Year      Probable Net Postive/(Negative)
                               General Revenue Related Funds
                                             Funds
               1998            ($35,000)
               1999             (35,000)
               2000             (35,000)
               2001             (35,000)
               2002             (35,000)
 
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as 
the provisions of the bill are in effect.
          
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government 
is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,PE ,DC