LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                                May 3, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB617  by Van de Putte (Relating to the requirements for
               a suit filed by the Department of Protective and
               Regulatory Services to terminate the parent-child
               relationship.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would provide for the amount of time which a child must be in
the state's custody before a court may order the termination of the
parent-child relationship.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   530   Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
LBB Staff:         JK, TB, AJ