LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 74th Regular Session April 17, 1995 TO: Honorable Edmund Kuempel, Chair IN RE: Committee Committee on State Recreational Substitute Resources for House House of Representatives Bill No. 2216 Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No. 2216 (relating to the issuance of licenses and stamps by the Parks and Wildlife Department; providing penalties) this office has determined the following: The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for and appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill would allow the Parks and Wildlife Commission to increase the issuance and collection fees retained by license deputies, authorize the Commission to set a different license year, establish license packages for hunting, fishing other activities, enable the Commission to establish an automated license and stamp point of sale system, simplify the process for obtaining hunting cooperative licenses and modify the fee structure for private bird hunting area licenses. The fiscal implication to the State cannot be determined. No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source: LBB Staff: JK, CT, DF