Honorable Jeff Wentworth, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB291 by West, Royce (Relating to the index of court fees and costs.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would update the statutory index of court fees and costs to include those currently located in other existing statutes but that previously had not been listed in the comprehensive index. The bill would also repeal the requirement that the Texas Legislative Council review all statutes and prepare a report to update the index of court fees and costs because the report has been published, and enactment of the bill would reflect the findings shown in that report. In addition, maintaining the completeness of the list would exist as a permanent statutory requirement of the Texas Legislative Council. The bill would take effect September 1, 2005, and in any conflict with other statutes, the index of fees would prevail.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
103 Legislative Council, 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 302 Office of the Attorney General, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 665 Juvenile Probation Commission, 696 Department of Criminal Justice