LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 19, 2005

TO:	Honorable Jeff Wentworth, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SJR36 by Lindsay (Proposing a constitutional amendment to include a constitutional county court judge on the membership of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated, other than the cost of publication.

The cost to the state for publication of the resolution is $66,497.

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct estimates an additional cost of $2,000 per fiscal year, beginning in fiscal year 2006, for travel and other operating expenses related to passage of SJR 87.  It is assumed that the costs associated with the implementation of this provision could be absorbed within the agency's existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

242 State Commission on Judicial Conduct, 305 General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board

LBB Staff:

JOB, ER, WK, ZS, JF, LB