LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 11, 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:	HB1181 by Dutton (Relating to access to criminal history record information by a domestic relations office.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would add that a domestic relations office is entitled to obtain from the Department of Public Safety criminal history record information that relates to a person who is a party to a proceeding in which the office has been appointed guardian ad litem for a child. The bill would take effect September 1, 2005.

Under current statute, the criminal history record information to which a domestic relations office is entitled relates only to a person who is the subject of a social study.

The Texas Department of Public Safety indicates that any increase in the number of requests for criminal history record information could be absorbed using existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

405 Department of Public Safety

LBB Staff:

JOB, DLBa