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
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated, other than the     *
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*  The cost to the state for publication of the resolution is $80,000.   *
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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