LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 12, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Fred M. Bosse, Chair, House Committee on Civil
               Practices
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB947  by Turner, Sylvester (Relating to the survival of
               a wrongful death suit on the death of the plaintiff.),
               Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would provide that if a plaintiff who is a surviving spouse
dies while an action for damages arising from the death of the spouse is
pending, the child of the spouse who is the subject of the action may be
made the plaintiff and the action may be prosecuted as though the
surviving spouse had not died.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TB