LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 19, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on
               Criminal Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB242  by Gallego (Relating to the applicability of the
               death penalty to a person with mental retardation who is
               convicted of a capital offense.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   696   Texas Department of Criminal Justice, 200
                   Supreme Court
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, TB