LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 11, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Kenneth Armbrister, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Criminal Justice
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB686  by Ellis, Rodney (Relating to the applicability of
               the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a
               person with mental retardation.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure by prohibiting the
sentencing of an offender to death, if at the time of the commission of
capital murder, the person was mentally retarded.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   211   Court of Criminal Appeals, 696   Texas
                   Department of Criminal Justice, 212   Office of Court
                   Administration
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, GG