LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 86TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 13, 2019

TO:	Honorable Jeff Leach, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
FROM:	John McGeady, Assistant Director     Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB3267 by Murr (Relating to the payment of certain costs associated with certain assignments of a statutory probate court judge.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Estates Code and Government Code to allow a court to order an estate under probate to reimburse a county the salary and expenses related to a statutory probate court judge assigned to hear a contested matter in a probate case.
 
The bill would take effect September 1, 2019.

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:

WP, SLE, DA