LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 16, 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.), As
               Introduced
  
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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 either spouse 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