LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
April 5, 1995
TO: Honorable Bill Sims, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 248
Committee on Natural Resources By: Bivins
Senate
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
248 (Relating to the seizure and disposition of certain property
under the Parks and Wildlife Code.) 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 amend Chapter 12 of the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Code to establish a standard procedure by which the Department
may keep, sell, or destroy confiscated property. It would also
clarify when property may be retained by the Department and when
it must be returned to the owner.
While confiscations of property have not often proven to be
marketable, Parks and Wildlife estimates that revenues of
approximately $15,000 per year may be realized if confiscated
equipment could be sold.
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
Year Gain to Account
009
1996 $15,000
1997 15,000
1998 15,000
1999 15,000
2000 15,000
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: Parks and Wildlife Department
LBB Staff: JK, PVT, DF