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