LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 27, 2009 TO: Honorable Todd Hunter, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2616 by Heflin (Relating to attorney fees in parent-child proceedings.), As Introduced Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB2616, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($56,421,078) through the biennium ending August 31, 2011. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 27, 2009
TO: Honorable Todd Hunter, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2616 by Heflin (Relating to attorney fees in parent-child proceedings.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Todd Hunter, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2616 by Heflin (Relating to attorney fees in parent-child proceedings.), As Introduced
Honorable Todd Hunter, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Honorable Todd Hunter, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB2616 by Heflin (Relating to attorney fees in parent-child proceedings.), As Introduced
HB2616 by Heflin (Relating to attorney fees in parent-child proceedings.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB2616, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($56,421,078) through the biennium ending August 31, 2011. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB2616, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($56,421,078) through the biennium ending August 31, 2011.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds 2010 ($28,210,539) 2011 ($28,210,539) 2012 ($28,210,539) 2013 ($28,210,539) 2014 ($28,210,539)
2010 ($28,210,539)
2011 ($28,210,539)
2012 ($28,210,539)
2013 ($28,210,539)
2014 ($28,210,539)
All Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) fromGeneral Revenue Fund1 2010 ($28,210,539) 2011 ($28,210,539) 2012 ($28,210,539) 2013 ($28,210,539) 2014 ($28,210,539)
Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) fromGeneral Revenue Fund1 2010 ($28,210,539) 2011 ($28,210,539) 2012 ($28,210,539) 2013 ($28,210,539) 2014 ($28,210,539)
2010 ($28,210,539)
2011 ($28,210,539)
2012 ($28,210,539)
2013 ($28,210,539)
2014 ($28,210,539)
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the Family Code and provide that counties be reimbursed by the State for fees paid to attorneys ad litem appointed in parental rights termination cases in which the parents are found to be indigent.
Methodology
The Office of Court Administration determined that for fiscal year 2008 court administrators and county auditors from 15 counties representing approximately 62 percent of the population of Texas paid approximately $17,413,913 to attorneys ad litem appointed in parental rights termination cases in which the parents are found to be indigent. This analysis assumes that an additional $10,796,626 would be paid to counties representing the remaining 38 percent of the indigent population in which attorneys ad litem were appointed in parental rights termination cases, providing a total of approximately $28,210,539 per fiscal year. This impact could vary depending on the actual amount of fees paid by counties for these cases.
Local Government Impact
The bill would have a positive fiscal impact on counties of approximately $28,210,539 because the State would reimburse counties for fees paid to attorneys ad litem appointed in parental rights termination cases in which the parents are found to be indigent.
Source Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: JOB, MN, MS, JM
JOB, MN, MS, JM