LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 22, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Kenneth Armbrister, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Criminal Justice
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB563  by Armbrister (relating to the protection of the
               interest of certain innocent property owners in a
               criminal asset forfeiture proceeding.), Committee Report
               1st House, as amended
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would establish specific conditions where an owners or interest
holder's interest in property may not be forfeited in a criminal asset
forfeiture proceeding.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, JC