LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 24, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair         IN RE:  House Bill No. 2436
         Committee on Public Health                     By: Jackson
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
2436 (Relating to the regulation of persons engaged in removing
asbestos from public and commercial buildings or disturbing,
encapsulating, enclosing, performing asbestos surveys, developing
management plans or response actions, designing projects,
collecting or analyzing asbestos samples, monitoring for airborne
asbestos, transporting asbestos, or training persons who work
with asbestos.) 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 modify the Texas Asbestos Health Protection Act to
conform with the federal Asbestos School Hazard Reauthorization
Act.  The bill would modify the definition of public buildings
that require that asbestos monitoring, abatement, and other
related activities be performed only by licensed persons.


No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.


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