LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session April 4, 2001 TO: Honorable Joe Driver, Chair, House Committee on Constitutional Revision, Select FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HJR2 by Chisum (Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a commissioners court of a county to declare the office of constable in certain precincts dormant and providing a procedure for reinstatement of the office.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted ************************************************************************** * No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated, other than the * * cost of publication. * * * * The cost to the state for publication of the resolution is $80,000. * ************************************************************************** Local Government Impact The resolution would authorize a county commissioners court to declare the office of constable dormant and transfer the records to the county clerk. If a petition were to be filed to reinstate the office of constable, the commissioners court would be required to call an election to reinstate the office. Based on the average per registered voter cost, in a sampling of cities and counties, the average per registered voter cost is about $0.91. If an office is declared dormant and there is no petition for an election, it is anticipated that there would be no significant fiscal impact to units of local government. Source Agencies: 307 Secretary of State LBB Staff: JK, TB, DB