LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 19, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Fred Hill, Chair             IN RE:  House Bill No. 1743
         Committee on Urban Affairs                     By: Glaze
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1743 (relating to preservation of historic properties by certain
municipalities) this office has determined the following:

The bill would amend Chapter 214 of the Local Government Code to
allow municipalities designated as Certified Local Governments to
determine whether certain substandard properties under
consideration for receivership qualify for the National Register
of Historic Places, as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, or as
a historic property through local historic designation.  If  it
is determined through review that a building could be
rehabilitated and designated as a historic property, the building
could not be demolished for a specified period of time, during
which an attempt must be made to identify a feasible alternative
use or to locate a purchaser to rehabilitate the property.  The
bill would also allow a district court, after a public hearing,
to facilitate the transfer of property to a nonprofit
organization or to a historic property rehabilitator.

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The fiscal implications to local governments cannot be determined
as it is not known how many of the 40 Certified Local Governments
affected by the bill would chose to exercise this authority.





Source:   Historical Commission    




          LBB Staff: JK, KW, RR