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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Taylor, J

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/31/08

HB

SHORT TITLE

Study County Code Enforcement Judges

SM 31

ANALYST Sanchez, C

ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT (dollars in thousands)

FY08

FY09

FY10 3 Year

Total Cost

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

Total

$25

$25

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Memorial 31 requests the administrative office of the courts to conduct a study on the

need of Class A counties to have a special judge or a special master to hear code enforcement

cases.

The administrative office of the courts shall present the results of the study and recommendations

to the appropriate interim legislative committee no later than October 1, 2008. A copy of this

memorial should be transmitted to the director of the administrative office of the courts.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

No appropriation is contained in the bill to conduct the study. Funding will be needed to hire an

independent contractor to conduct an objective study.

The study will require some use of AOC resources to complete, so there may be additional funds

needed.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

Status Quo

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