LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                               May 11, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2964  by Hamric (Relating to the confidentiality of
               pleadings and protective order applications in certain
               proceedings in the Family Code.), As Engrossed
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would provide for the confidentiality of pleadings filed in
suits for dissolution of a marriage and suits affecting the parent-child
relationship and protective order applications in a county with a
population of 1.4 million or more.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TB