LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 27, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on
               Criminal Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB3489  by Dunnam (Relating to the prosecution of certain
               intoxication offenses and the criminal and civil
               consequences of committing those offenses.), As
               Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would require counties with a population of 25,000 or more to
purchase video equipment for recording persons charged with the offense
of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated.  All persons arrested for
DWI would have to be videotaped in the county in which they were
arrested.  Videotapes would have to be maintained until the final
disposition of a proceeding, and they would have to be made available to
any attorney representing the defendant.

Counties with a population of 25,000 or more would be required to obtain
and maintain video equipment which could have a negative fiscal impact
on county budgets.  The cost to counties would depend on the amount of
equipment necessary to implement the bill's provisions. 
  
  
Source Agencies:   405   Department of Public Safety, 304   Comptroller
                   of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, MD