LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 15, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair, House Committee on
               Judicial Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2716  by Maxey (Relating to an application for the
               appointment of a guardian for certain incapacitated
               minors.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would provide that in an application for the appointment of a
guardian of a minor who, because of incapacity, will require a
guardianship after the ward is no longer a minor may not be filed more
than 180 days before the proposed ward's 18th birthday. Further, if the
application is heard before the proposed ward's 18th birthday, a
guardianship may not take effect until the proposed ward's 18th
birthday.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TB, SS