LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                            February 19, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Toby Goodman, Chair, House Committee on
               Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB870  by Goodman (Relating to county fees for handling
               certain registry funds.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would have no fiscal impact on counties which invest all
registry funds in interest-bearing accounts. Counties which keep some
portion of their registry funds in non-interest-bearing accounts could
experience a loss of fee revenues. The loss would depend on the amount
of registry funds a county maintains in non-interest-bearing accounts
which were generated from cases arising under the Family Code. In most
cases, the loss is not anticipated to be significant.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, MD, TL