LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 4, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair, House Committee on
               Judicial Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB3498  by Thompson (Relating to improving the collection
               of costs, fees, and fines in criminal cases.), 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 allow the Office of Court Administration to award grants
to counties and municipalities each even numbered year beginning January
2002, for the purpose of preparing a plan to improve collection of court
costs, fees, and fines imposed in criminal cases.   The bill would allow
the Office of Court Administration to require that counties and
municipalities to reimburse the state for the costs of the additional
collections as a condition of the grant.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2001.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   212   Office of Court Administration
LBB Staff:         JK, TB