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:	HB910 by Dutton (Relating to notice requirements in certain counties for hearings in suits for dissolution of marriage and suits affecting the parent-child relationship.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require a court in a county with a population of more than one million to promptly give written notice to a petitioner or movant of the date set for a hearing on dissolution of marriage and suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the statute would apply only to Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, and Bexar counties. 

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, MN, DB