LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
                                Revision 1
  
                               May 11, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee On
               Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1377  by Menendez (Relating to the requirements for a
               suit filed by the Department of Protective and Regulatory
               Services to terminate the parent-child relationship.),
               As Engrossed
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would shorten the amount of time which a child must be in the
state's custody prior to the termination of parental rights.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   530   Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
LBB Staff:         JK, TB, SD, HD, JC, AJ