LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session April 27, 1999 TO: Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB886 by Harris (Relating to fees assessed in a child support case), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted ************************************************************************** * No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * * * * The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal * * basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of * * the bill. * ************************************************************************** Local Government Impact The bill would allow a friend of the court to assess and collect a monitoring fee of up to $5 per month in the first 12 months after the date a support order or enforcement order is filed with the friend of the court. Proceeds would be used to provide child support services within a county. The bill could result in revenues to counties. The amount of additional revenue would depend on the number of counties that would impose the fee and the collection rate. Since the Attorney General reports 39,499 support orders and enforcement orders during the period September 1, 1998 through March 31, 1999, the fee could be applied to approximately 67,713 cases per year. Additional revenue to counties could therefore be as much as $4.1 million per year statewide. Source Agencies: LBB Staff: JK, PE, TL