LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 28, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Edmund Kuempel, Chair        IN RE:  House Bill No. 2131
         Committee on State Recreational                By: Grusendorf
         Resources
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
2131 (Relating to public hunt drawings.) 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 the Penal Code by adding Section 47(c)(5) to
provide for a public hunt drawing to be consistent with the Parks
and Wildlife Code which already provides that a fee may be
charged for the drawing.

The bill would also amend the Parks and Wildlife Code by adding
Section 11.0271(b) which would provide the Parks and Wildlife
Commission with the authority to approve fees for drawings for
special hunting programs, packages or events.  The fees could
exceed the costs of operating the drawing only if they were used
in the management of a specific wildlife program.

The potential gain to Account 009 would depend on the amount of
the fee set by the Commission and the number of participants. 
Because neither the amount of the fee nor the number of
participants is known at this time, the amount of revenue gain
cannot be determined.


No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.    





 Source:  Parks and Wildlife Department
          LBB Staff: JK, PVT, DF