LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 14, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Toby Goodman, Chair, House Committee on
               Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
  
        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. ),
               Committee Report 1st House, as amended
  
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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, JC, AJ