LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 2, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Harvey Hilderbran, Chair     IN RE:  House Bill No. 2468
         Committee on Human Services                    By: Coleman
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
2468 (Relating to the creation of an advisory committee for the
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services on programs for
promoting the adoption of and provision of services to adoptable
African-American children.) this office has determined the
following:

The bill would establish a 12-member advisory committee within
the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services to promote
the adoption of and provision of services to adoptable  African-
American children.  The committee would meet at least quarterly
to study and recommend programs and projects to further this
objective.  The department would report to the Legislature every
two years on the committee's recommendations and the action taken
by the department.  The committee members would be reimbursed for
their actual and necessary expenses.


No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.




Source:   Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
          LBB Staff: JK, NM, DF