LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 17, 2009

TO:	Honorable Jeff Wentworth, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1625 by Wentworth (Relating to the acceptance of durable powers of attorney by third parties.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would prohibit a third party located in this state from refusing, without reasonable cause, to honor a durable power of attorney properly executed in accordance with Chapter XII of the Texas Probate Code, including a statutory durable power of attorney.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council

LBB Staff:

JOB, MN, SD, SJS