LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
March 14, 1995
TO: Honorable Bill Sims, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 97
Committee on Natural Resources By: Moncrief
Senate
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
97 (Relating to controlled hunting of, certain uses of, and
possession of certain dangerous wild animals; providing a
criminal penalty.) 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 prohibit the controlled hunting of wild animals,
except it would exclude endangered species which are already
regulated under other statutes. The bill would also repeal the
current permitting program for the possession of wild animals.
The fee for a permit to possess a wild animal is currently set at
$100 for each wild animal. The average annual revenue from this
fee for the last four years has been $4,475. The issuance cost
is approximately $102 per permit.
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 Revenue Probable Savings
Year Loss to Game, Fish to Game, Fish, and
and Water Safety Water Safety
Account 009 Account 009
1996 ($4,500) $4,575
1997 (4,500) 4,575
1998 (4,500) 4,575
1999 (4,500) 4,575
2000 (4,500) 4,575
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: Comptroller of Public Accounts, Parks and Wildlife
Department
LBB Staff: JK, PVT, DF