LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 8, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair, House Committee on
               Judicial Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB572  by Howard (Relating to the creation of a county
               court at law in Fort Bend County.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
This bill would create County Court at Law No. 3 in Fort Bend County
effective September 1, 1999.  The annual operating cost would be
$298,344.  Fort Bend County would have a one-time capital cost of
$20,000.

Information on the capital and operating costs of the court was provided
by the Fort Bend County Auditor's office.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, PE, DG