LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 23, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Ron Lewis, Chair             IN RE:  House Bill No. 2143
         Committee on County Affairs                    By: DeLaGarza
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
2143 (Relating to the creation of an emergency services district
and simultaneous dissolution of a rural fire prevention
district.) this office has determined the following:

The bill would establish guidelines for filing a petition calling
for the creation of an emergency services district and the
simultaneous dissolution of one or more rural fire prevention
districts.  On the granting of the petition, the commissioners
court would be required to order an election to confirm the
creation of the emergency services district, to authorize an ad
valorem tax rate not to exceed $0.10 per $100. of taxable value
of the property taxable by the district and to assume the assets
and liabilities of each rural fire prevention district that is
proposed to be dissolved.


No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

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


Source:   Comptroller of Public Accounts
          LBB Staff: JK, BR, RR