LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                            February 11, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SJR9  by Duncan (Proposing a constitutional amendment
               providing for gubernatorial appointment to fill vacancies
               in the offices of appellate justices and judges, for
               nonpartisan retention elections for those justices and
               judges, and for gubernatorial appointment to fill
               vacancies in the office of district judge in accordance
               with certain standards), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated, other than the     *
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*  The cost to the state for publication of the resolution is $76,352.   *
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Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   212   Office of Court Administration, 307   Secretary
                   Of State
LBB Staff:         JK, PE, ZS