LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 10, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB243  by Ellis, Rodney (Relating to the duty of the
               Department of Public Safety to remove certain names from
               a list used to reconstitute the jury wheel.), Committee
               Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  SB243, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted:  negative impact      *
*  of $(300,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2001.            *
*                                                                        *
*  The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal      *
*  basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of    *
*  the bill.                                                             *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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          *  Fiscal Year  Probable Net Positive/(Negative)   *
          *               Impact to General Revenue Related  *
          *                             Funds                *
          *       2000                           $(300,000)  *
          *       2001                                    0  *
          *       2002                                    0  *
          *       2003                                    0  *
          *       2004                                    0  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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         * Fiscal Year      Probable Savings/(Cost) from      *
         *                      General Revenue Fund          *
         *                              0001                  *
         *      2000                               $(300,000) *
         *      2001                                        0 *
         *      2002                                        0 *
         *      2003                                        0 *
         *      2004                                        0 *
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Technology Impact
  
All of the fiscal impact of the bill would be attributable to technology
impact.
  
  
Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would require the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to remove
duplicate names and persons who are not citizens of the United States
from the list of registrants to constitute the jury wheel.  DPS would be
required to furnish an updated list as often as quarterly to a district
clerk who requests the information.  The bill would also require DPS to
capture citizenship status for all applicants for original, renewal or
duplicate driver licenses and to include this information for each
person listed in the jury wheel.  Currently, DPS does not require or
capture citizenship status of driver license or identification card
applicants.
  
  
Methodology
  
Contract programming would be required to modify the Distributed Driver
License System to include citizenship status.  Programming would also be
required to update and transmit the jury wheel list on a quarterly basis
to district clerks requesting the information.  Contract programming
services are estimated at 1,500 hours at $200 per hour for a total
fiscal impact of $300,000.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, PE, VS