LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 13, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, House Committee on County
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB 2968  by Corte (Relating to the fee imposed on certain
               criminal convictions for records management and
               preservation services.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would raise the records management and preservation fee
collected on criminal convictions in county and district courts from $10
to $20. Revenues to the county records management and preservation funds
would increase by approximately 100 percent. The increase would take
effect on September 1, 1999.

Below are examples of potential annual revenue increases resulting from
the bill's enactment, as estimated by the following counties:

Brazos County                  $  39,574
Galveston County             $  50,000
Montgomery County        $526,000
Tarrant County                  $240,000
Travis County                    $ 47,000
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TL