LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                               May 18, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable James E. "Pete" Laney, Speaker of the House,
               House of Representatives
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1107  by Hartnett (Relating to the use of money in the
               county law library fund.), As Passed 2nd House
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would allow a county to use, upon authorization by the law
librarian or person responsible for the county's law library in
consultation with the county auditor, the county law library fund to
purchase or lease library materials or acquire library equipment,
computers, software, and subscriptions to electronic research networks
for use by the judges.  Expenditures from the fund could not exceed
$175,000 per year.  Any unexpended and unobligated balance to the fund at
the end of the county's fiscal year would remain in the fund for law
library use in subsequent fiscal years. The Act would take effect
September 1, 2001.

Use of law library funds to make purchases of items identified in the
bill would provide a savings of up to $175,000 per year to any other
county fund currently used to make such purchases.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DB, TB