LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 19, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair, House Committee on
               Judicial Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB3780  by Luna, Vilma (Relating to the creation of a
               county at law in Nueces County and to the probate
               jurisdiction of the county courts at law in Nueces
               County), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would create County Court at Law, No. 5 in Nueces County
effective September 1, 1999.  According the the Nueces County Auditor's
office, the county would incur annual operating expenses for the court
of $345,601.
  
  
Source Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, PE, DG