LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION February 26, 2013 TO: Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee On Jurisprudence FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB576 by Duncan (Relating to the delay in the implementation of the abolishment of small claims courts.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the provisions enacted by House Bill 79, Eighty-second Legislature, First Called Session, relating to the abolishment of small claims courts. The bill would change the date the Supreme Court must promulgate rules of civil procedure for small claims cases and the date small claims courts under Chapter 28, Government Code are abolished from May 1, 2013, to August 31, 2013.The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds in both houses, otherwise 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 LBB Staff: UP, CL, ZS, JP, KKR
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
February 26, 2013
TO: Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee On Jurisprudence FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB576 by Duncan (Relating to the delay in the implementation of the abolishment of small claims courts.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee On Jurisprudence
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB576 by Duncan (Relating to the delay in the implementation of the abolishment of small claims courts.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee On Jurisprudence
Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee On Jurisprudence
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB576 by Duncan (Relating to the delay in the implementation of the abolishment of small claims courts.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB576 by Duncan (Relating to the delay in the implementation of the abolishment of small claims courts.), 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 provisions enacted by House Bill 79, Eighty-second Legislature, First Called Session, relating to the abolishment of small claims courts. The bill would change the date the Supreme Court must promulgate rules of civil procedure for small claims cases and the date small claims courts under Chapter 28, Government Code are abolished from May 1, 2013, to August 31, 2013.The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds in both houses, otherwise the bill would take effect September 1, 2013.
The bill would amend the provisions enacted by House Bill 79, Eighty-second Legislature, First Called Session, relating to the abolishment of small claims courts. The bill would change the date the Supreme Court must promulgate rules of civil procedure for small claims cases and the date small claims courts under Chapter 28, Government Code are abolished from May 1, 2013, to August 31, 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
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
LBB Staff: UP, CL, ZS, JP, KKR
UP, CL, ZS, JP, KKR