LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 31, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair, House Committee on
               Judicial Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB158  by Luna, Gregory (Relating to the creation and
               organization of certain courts in Bexar County.), As
               Engrossed
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would create County Courts at Law numbers 1, 10, 11, and 12 in
Bexar County effective September 1, 1999.  One court would give
preference to civil cases, the other three would give preference to
criminal cases.

The annual operating cost for the civil court would be $131,130.  The
annual operating cost for each criminal court would be $404,314.

Bexar County would have a one-time capital cost of approximately
$3,511,830.

Each criminal court would generate $549,102 annually.  The civil court
would not generate additional revenue because this revenue is already
being generated by the auxiliary court that would be converted into the
new civil County Court at Law.

Information on the capital and operating costs of the courts and
estimates on court revenue generation were provided by the Bexar County
Courts Administration office.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, PE, DG