LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  May 23, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable James E. "Pete" Laney            IN RE:  House Bill No. 3428, As Passed 2nd House
          Speaker of the House                Naishtat
          House of Representatives
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB3428 ( Relating 
to financial assistance and related services for victims of 
family violence.) this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB3428-As Passed 2nd House
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal 
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions 
of the bill.

While the bill would make Temporary Assistance 
for Needy Families (TANF) grant benefits available to additional 
clients, the Department of Human Services believes the impact 
would be insignificant.  The department assumes that victims 
of domestic violence exempted from TANF requirements must be 
counted toward the state's 20% hardship exemption.

No fiscal 
implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   
                                         302   Office of the Attorney General
                                         324   Department of Human Services
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,BB