LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 10, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Pete Patterson, Chair        IN RE: Committee Substitute
         Committee on Agriculture & Livestock                   for House
         House of Representatives               Bill No. 1168
         Austin, Texas








FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1168 (relating to a review of Texas  programs to research,
control, and eradicate animal tuberculosis and to implementing an
improved program based on the review) this office has determined
the following:

The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.

The bill would authorize the review of current tuberculosis
research, eradication and control programs for livestock,
cervidae, exotics, and other nontraditional livestock and the
implementation of a comprehensive plan that improves the system. 
The bill would include the following college and agencies: Texas
A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, the
Texas Animal Damage Control Service, the Texas Animal Health
Commission, the Texas Department of Agriculture, the Texas
Department of Health, and the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic
Laboratory.  Fiscal implications would be dependent upon
specifics of the comprehensive plan cannot be determined.


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




Source:   Texas A&M University System
          LBB Staff: JK, JH, DF