LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 18, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 3556, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
          Committee on Judicial Affairs                              By: Hinojosa
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB3556 ( Relating 
to the county courts at law of Hidalgo County.) this office 
has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB3556-Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
The bill would set the salaries of the county court at law judges 
in Hidalgo County at $1,000 less than the district judge's salaries. 
 The bill expands the jurisdiction of the county courts at law 
and increases the fee for costs of stenographic records from 
$3 to $20.  The bill takes effect September 1, 1997.  The fiscal 
impact to Hidalgo County would be a net increase in revenue 
to the county of approximately $116,122 annually.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,PE ,DC