LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                        February 22, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Ken Armbrister, Chair        IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 460
         Committee on State Affairs                     By: Lucio
         Senate
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
460 (Relating to license qualifications for certain inspectors
regulated by the Texas Real Estate Commission.) 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 provide alternative means of qualifying for an
apprentice inspector license or a real estate inspector license. 
The Texas Real Estate Commission would be authorized to adopt
rules permitting applications to substitute relevant experience
or education for the number of inspections required for an
inspector license.  Applicants who cannot satisfy the direct
supervision and sponsorship requirements could qualify by means
of an examination.

A potential result of the bill's provisions is a moderate
increase in agency workload for processing additional license
applications and for developing examinations.  However, the
potential workload increase is not expected to be significant and
could be absorbed within present similar functions.


No significant fiscal implication to the State or units of local
government is anticipated.    




 Source:  Real Estate Commission
          LBB Staff: JK, RM, DF