LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 18, 2013

TO:	Honorable Richard Peña Raymond, Chair, House Committee on Human Services
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB843 by Lucio III (Relating to persons entitled to notice of and to participation in certain hearings regarding a child in the conservatorship of the state.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Family Code as it relates to persons entitled to notice of and to participate in certain hearings regarding a child in the conservatorship of the state to include certain children.

The change in law made by the bill would apply only to a hearing held on or after September 10, 2013. A hearing held before that date is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of the bill, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.

The Department of Family and Protective Services does not anticipate any significant fiscal impact as a result of complying with the provisions of the bill.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2013.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of

LBB Staff:

UP, CL, SJ, VJC