LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 13, 2009

TO:	Honorable Todd Hunter, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB313 by Raymond (Relating to certain personal information contained in a decree of dissolution of a marriage or an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Family Code relating to certain personal information contained in a decree of dissolution of a marriage or in an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. Personal information, as defined, would be maintained in a confidential separate document which could only be disclosed under certain conditions.  To the extent the bill would require a modification in judicial proceedings, no significant increase in judicial workloads or fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  The bill would take effect September 1, 2009.

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, TP, TB, MN