LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 20, 2011 TO: Honorable Jim Jackson, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2031 by Madden (relating to the establishment of a voluntary compensation plan as a method of alternative dispute resolution.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to permit a potential defendant to create a voluntary compensation plan as an alternative to litigation in cases for an event or product which may have caused the death of two or more people, serious bodily injury to five or more people or damage to real property owned by five or more people. The bill would provide a temporary abatement of proceedings as a means to encourage settlement under certain conditions. The bill would authorize the Supreme Court to adopt relevant rules, but this is not expected to substantially increase the workload of the court. To the extent the bill would create voluntary compensation plans that may obviate some lesser damage cases from the court dockets statewide, including multidistrict litigation cases, the fiscal implication to the courts and the state is not anticipated to be significant. The bill would take effect September 1, 2011. 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, TB, JT, KKR
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 20, 2011
TO: Honorable Jim Jackson, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2031 by Madden (relating to the establishment of a voluntary compensation plan as a method of alternative dispute resolution.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Jim Jackson, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2031 by Madden (relating to the establishment of a voluntary compensation plan as a method of alternative dispute resolution.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Jim Jackson, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Honorable Jim Jackson, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB2031 by Madden (relating to the establishment of a voluntary compensation plan as a method of alternative dispute resolution.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB2031 by Madden (relating to the establishment of a voluntary compensation plan as a method of alternative dispute resolution.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to permit a potential defendant to create a voluntary compensation plan as an alternative to litigation in cases for an event or product which may have caused the death of two or more people, serious bodily injury to five or more people or damage to real property owned by five or more people. The bill would provide a temporary abatement of proceedings as a means to encourage settlement under certain conditions. The bill would authorize the Supreme Court to adopt relevant rules, but this is not expected to substantially increase the workload of the court. To the extent the bill would create voluntary compensation plans that may obviate some lesser damage cases from the court dockets statewide, including multidistrict litigation cases, the fiscal implication to the courts and the state is not anticipated to be significant. The bill would take effect September 1, 2011.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
LBB Staff: JOB, TB, JT, KKR
JOB, TB, JT, KKR