LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 8, 2005

TO:
Honorable Joe Nixon, Chair, House Committee on Civil Practices
 
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB1310 by Ritter (Relating to the authority of certain local dispute resolution centers to collect a fee from persons receiving dispute resolution services from the centers.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would authorize the provider of alternative dispute resolution services in a county with a population of 250,000 or more but less than 290,000 to collect a fee from the person who receives the services. The county commissioners court would set the amount of the fee. According to the 2000 federal census, provisions of the bill would apply only in Galveston and Jefferson counties.

Local Government Impact

Because the bill would not have statewide impact on units of local government of the same type or class, no comment from this office is required by the rules of the House/Senate as to its probable fiscal implication on units of local government.


Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:
JOB, DLBa