LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session April 2, 2001 TO: Honorable Joe Driver, Chair, House Committee on Constitutional Revision, Select FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HJR29 by Jones, Delwin (Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the commissioners court of a county to call an election to abolish the office of constable in the county.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * 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. * ************************************************************************** The resolution would authorize county commissioners courts to call an election to abolish the office of constable in the county. Local Government Impact If a commissioners court were to hold an election to consider abolishing the position of constable, the county would incur the cost of an election. Based on the per registered voter cost from a sampling of cities and counties, the average per registered voter cost for an election is $0.91. If the voters were to approve abolishing the position, it is anticipated that there would be no significant fiscal impact to the county. Source Agencies: 307 Secretary of State LBB Staff: JK, TB, DB, SK