LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 14, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Ron Wilson, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 1353
         Committee on Licensing &                       By: Crabb
         Administrative Procedures
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1353 (Relating to the bonding or insurance requirements of a
political subdivision for the issuance of certain plumbing
permits.) 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 amend Article 6243-101, V.T.C.S., by requiring
that a political subdivision which requires a master plumber to
have a bond before the master plumber may be issued a permit by
the subdivision also accept, instead of a bond, a certificate of
insurance.

The Act would take effect on September 1, 1995 and would apply
only to a permit issued to a master plumber by a political
subdivision on or after the effective date of the Act.


No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

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


Source:   Board of Plumbing Examiners
          LBB Staff: JK, ML, DF