LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 26, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair, House Committee on
               Judicial Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB135  by Brown, J. E. "Buster" (Relating to the creation
               of a county court at law in Fort Bend County), Committee
               Report 2nd 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. 4 in Fort Bend County
effective January 1, 2001.

The annual operating cost of the new court would be $298,344. Fort Bend
County would have a one-time capital cost of $20,000.

Information on the capital and operating costs of the court was provided
by the Fort Bend County Auditor's office.
  
  
Source Agencies:   212   Office of Court Administration, 304
                   Comptroller Of Pub Accts
LBB Staff:         JK, PE, TL, DG