LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 20, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Frank Madla, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Intergovernmental Relations
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB 376  by Nelson (Relating to the statutory county
               courts in Denton County.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would create County Criminal Court, No. 5 in Denton County
effective October 1, 2000.  The annual operating cost of the court would
be $663,500.  Denton County would have a one-time capital cost of
$80,000.

Information provided by the Denton County Auditor's office was used to
determine the capital and operating costs of the court.
  
  
Source Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, TL, DG