LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 21, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair, House Committee on
               Judicial Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB898  by Thompson (Relating to the administration of
               certain property of incapacitated persons, wards, and
               former wards.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would amend the Texas Probate Code to provide that when a minor
has an interest in real or personal property and the net value of the
interest does not exceed $100,000 a natural or adoptive parent, or the
managing conservator, of a minor who is not a ward may apply to the
court for an order to sell the minor's interest in the property without
being appointed guardian.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   212   Office of Court Administration
LBB Staff:         JK, TB, SS