LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 6, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair, House Committee on
               Judicial Affairs
  
        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 Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  Because the       *
*  bill would not have statewide impact on units of local government     *
*  of the same type or class, no comment from this office is required    *
*  by the rules of the House/Senate as to its probable fiscal            *
*  implication on units of local government.                             *
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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 2.8 million or more.
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TB, AJ, DB