LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 24, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Curtis Seidlits, Chair       IN RE:  House Bill No. 2198
         Committee on State Affairs                     By: Raymond
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
2198 (Relating to establishing a pilot program to use suitable
underutilized state property for community gardens and farmers
markets for the benefit of low income and needy families.) this
office has determined the following:

The bill would establish a task force to develop, implement, and
evaluate a food production and farmer's market pilot program to
benefit low income families.  The task force would select at
least two communities for the program from suitable state
property identified by the General Land Office as underutilized . 
Agencies represented on the task force, which  would be abolished
on September 1, 1997, would be required to provide resources,
information and staff support for the pilot program.  However, it
is not expected that involved agencies would incur additional
costs as a result of this provision. 


No fiscal implication to the State or units of local government
is anticipated.




Source:   General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board,
Department of Agriculture
          LBB Staff: JK, KW, DF