LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 10, 1995



 TO:     Honorable David Counts, Chair          IN RE:  House Bill No. 2510
         Committee on Natural Resources                 By: Wilson
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas







FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
2510 (Relating to regulation of certain irrigators and irrigation
system installers.) this office has determined the following:

The bill would establish accreditation requirements for training
courses and continuing education requirements for licensed
irrigators.

The bill would authorize the reimbursement of travel and per diem
expenses of members of the Texas Irrigators Advisory Council.

The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first  five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
     



            Fiscal  Probable Cost Out      Change in   
             Year     of  Irrigators    Number of State
                         Fund 468       Employees from 
                                            FY 1995    
                                                       
          1996                $102,223              1.5
                                                       
          1997                  90,983              1.5
          1998                  90,983              1.5
                                                       
          1999                  90,983              1.5
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       

        2000                    90,983               1.5



       Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.

No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.


Source:   Natural Resource Conservation Commission
          LBB Staff: JK, JB, DF