LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 29, 2005

TO:	Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB401 by Villarreal (Relating to the use of volunteer income tax assistance programs by persons who owe delinquent child support.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) to publicize tax assistance from the volunteer income tax assistance program in order to maximize the amount of any tax refund to which the obligor may be entitled and which may be applied to child support and medical support obligations.  The OAG anticipates any work resulting from the passage of this bill could be reasonably absorbed with current resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

302 Office of the Attorney General

LBB Staff:

JOB, LB, MS