LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                               May 10, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Ken Armbrister, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Criminal Justice
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1516  by Gallego (Relating to the representation of
               applicants for writs of habeas corpus in capital cases.),
               As Engrossed
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  The bill does     *
*  provide the legal basis for a transfer of an existing                 *
*  appropriation from the Court of Criminal Appeals to the Judiciary     *
*  Section, Comptroller's Department, but it does not impact General     *
*  Revenue nor any other state fund or account.                          *
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Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   212   Office of Court Administration, 304
                   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, MD, DG