LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 28, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Rene O. Oliveira, Chair      IN RE:  House Bill No. 823,
         Committee on Economic Development                     as amended
         House of Representatives                       By: Heflin
         Austin, Texas








FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
823 (relating to the amount a hotel or motel may charge for a
telephone call) this office has determined the following:

The fiscal implication to the State or units of local government
cannot be determined.  There would be a gain to the General
Revenue Fund of approximately $100,000 per year if the charge for
hotel phone calls was increased to $1.  However, it is possible
to increase charges to an extent such that total sales taxes
remitted on these calls would decline.
    

    







Source:   LBB Staff: JK, RR.    Comptroller of Public Accounts