LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 17, 2009

TO:	Honorable Jeff Wentworth, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB780 by Watson (Relating to disclosure of the individual vote of each member of the Texas Supreme Court on a petition for review.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Government Code relating to disclosure of the individual vote of each member of the Texas Supreme Court on a petition for review. The bill would require the Supreme Court to state how each justice of the court voted on a petition for review. To the extent the bill would amend court procedure, the rules change is not anticipated to increase the workload of the Supreme Court. 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, JP, TB