LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 12, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB3  by Duncan (Relating to establishing procedures for
               the preservation of evidence containing DNA and
               postconviction DNA testing.), Committee Report 1st
               House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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Methodology:

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) estimates that the bill would
likely generate an additional 50 DNA analyses per year.  It is assumed
these analyses could be absorbed within current resources.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) would have costs related
to staff time needed to reproduce, distribute, and store the required
information.  However, TDCJ estimates that this activity will not have
any significant fiscal impact on agency operations.

The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of
two-thirds of the members of each house.  Otherwise, the bill would take
effect September 1, 2001.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TB, DG