LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                                May 8, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Frank Madla, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Intergovernmental Relations
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB3643  by Seaman (Relating to the creation of the County
               Court at Law of Aransas County and to the jurisdiction of
               the County Court of Aransas County.), As Engrossed
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would create a county court at law for Aransas County and define
its jurisdiction. The County Court at Law of Aransas County would be
created December 31, 2002, or on an earlier date determined by the
commissioners court.

A representative of the Office of the County Judge in Aransas provided
information as to the expenses involved in creating the new court.  The
cost to the county would be $162,619 for salaries and $3,000 for
supplies and training, for a total operating cost of $165,619 per year.
There would be an additional one-time capital outlay of $2,500 for
equipment in the first year.
  
  
Source Agencies:   212   Office of Court Administration, 304
                   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, DB, TB