LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 14, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB1261  by Brown, J. E. "Buster" (Relating to the
               disclosure to the public of information in certain arrest
               warrants and the affidavits filed in connection with the
               application for those warrants.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would provide that information in an arrest warrant and the
any affidavit filed in connection with the application for the issuance
of an arrest warrant issued by a magistrate is not required to be
disclosed to the public until the date the warrant is executed or the
third day after the date the warrant is issued, whichever is later.  The
bill also provides for situations where the arrest warrant or affidavit
filed in connection with the application are not prohibited from public
disclosure.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TB