LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session March 14, 1997 TO: Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair IN RE: Senate Joint Resolution No. 23 Committee on Jurisprudence By: Ellis Senate Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SJR23 ( Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the appointment of appellate justices and judges by the governor with retention elections on a nonpartisan ballot for those justices and judges.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SJR23-As Introduced No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated, other than the cost of publication. The cost to the state for publication of the resolution is $71,000. No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source: Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration 307 Secretary of State 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts LBB Staff: JK ,BB ,DC