LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 26, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair         IN RE:  House Bill No. 2383
         Committee on Public Health                     By: McDonald
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
2383 (Relating to the regulation of retail food stores, food
service establishments, mobile food units, and roadside food
vendors.) this office has determined the following:

The bill would include municipalities under certain requirements
relating to the regulation of retail food stores, food services
establishments, mobile food units, and roadside food vendors.

Local units of government would be affected by this bill, which
would require them to only expend funds collected in food
regulation for food regulation purposes.  Further,
municipalities, like counties and public health districts, would
not be permitted to charge fees that would generate revenue in
excess of the costs necessary to administer the regulatory
program.  However, the fiscal implications of these provisions
cannot be determined.


No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

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


Source:   Department of Health
          LBB Staff: JK, KF, DF