LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 9, 2005

TO:	Honorable Jeff Wentworth, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB240 by Goolsby (Relating to the right of an adopted person to have access to the person's original birth certificate.), As Engrossed

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would entitle an adult adoptee who knows the identity of each parent named on the original birth certificate to a noncertified copy of the original birth certificate without obtaining a court order.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

537 Department of State Health Services

LBB Staff:

JOB, LB, PP, BW