LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                                May 6, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Frank Madla, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Intergovernmental Relations
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB 1899  by Nelson (Relating to the creation of municipal
               courts of record in the Town of Flower Mound.), 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 a municipal court of record in Flower Mound. City
officials in Flower Mound estimate the cost of creating a municipal court
of record at $6,800.  It is expected that the cost would be offset by
increased revenues within the first year of operation.   
  
  
Source Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, TL, DG