LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 11, 2005

TO:	Honorable Jeff Wentworth, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1216 by Hinojosa (Relating to a statutory probate court judge's authority to transfer certain proceedings from another court to the statutory probate court.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

This bill would allow a statutory probate court to transfer certain cause of actions relating to guardianship estates from a court to the statutory probate court even if venue for the action is proper or mandatory in the county of the court from which the action is to be transferred.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council

LBB Staff:

JOB, LB, WP, SJS, KJG