LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 28, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Edmund Kuempel, Chair        IN RE:  House Bill No. 2216
         Committee on State Recreational                By: Kuempel
         Resources
         House of Representatives
         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 an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.

The bill would allow the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission to
set the issuance and collection fees retained by license
deputies, authorize the Commission to set a different license
year, establish licenses and license packages for hunting,
fishing and 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 those licenses, wildlife management
association licenses and private bird hunting area licenses.

The fiscal impact of provisions related to license collection and
issuance fees cannot be determined because the Commission would
be authorized to set those fees.


The fiscal implication to  the State cannot be determined.

No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.    




Source:   Comptroller of Public Accounts, Parks and Wildlife 
Department
          LBB Staff: JK, PVT, DF