LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                                May 4, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair, House Committee on
               Judicial Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SJR9  by Duncan (Proposing a constitutional amendment
               abolishing the court of criminal appeals and establishing
               one supreme court with civil and criminal jurisdiction
               and revising the manner in which appellate justices are
               selected, using a combination of appointment, partisan
               elections, and nonpartisan retention elections.),
               Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The cost to the state for publication of the resolution is $76,352.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, PE