LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session April 4, 1997 TO: Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 263, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted Committee on Judicial Affairs By: Zaffirini House Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB263 ( Relating to the creation of an appellate judicial system for the Fourth Court of Appeals District.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB263-Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would require the commissioners court of each of the 32 counties within the Fourth Court of Appeals District, San Antonio, to establish an appellate judicial system. The purpose of the appellate judicial systems would be to assist the Fourth Court of Appeals in processing appeals and defray costs and expenses incurred by the appeals court. To fund the system, commissioners courts would set a fee of not more than $5 for each civil suit filed in county court, probate court, or district court, except for a suit for delinquent taxes. Based on the number of cases filed in fiscal year 1996 in the counties comprising the Fourth Court of Appeals District, and assuming the court cost could be collected on 75% of cases, the court would receive approximately $270,000 a year if the fee was set at $5. Source: Agencies: Source: Agencies: LBB Staff: JK ,PE