LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 17, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Robert M. Saunders, Chair    IN RE:  House Bill No. 957
         Committee on Land and Resource                 By: Turner, Bob
         Management
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
957 (Relating to the creation of a cause of action for an owner
of land harmed by certain actions of a governmental entity.) this
office has determined the following:

The bill  would waive sovereign immunity under certain
circumstances and permit the State and other governmental
entities to be sued for damages by a property owner.

The bill provides that a governmental unit is liable to the owner
of real property for an amount equal to the amount the property
is reduced in value by a rule, ordinance, order, action, or
designation that is adopted for the express purpose of reducing
the value of any real property.


The fiscal implication to  the State or units of local government
cannot be determined.


Source:   Legislative Budget Board
          LBB Staff: JK, BR, DF