LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 5, 1995



 TO:     Honorable John T. Montford, Chair      IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 537
         Committee on Finance                           By: Rosson
         Senate
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
537 (Relating to the creation of a state match pool to provide
the local share requirement for a program offering federal
matching funds.) 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 provides that the state match pool is an account in the
General Revenue Fund and may only be used to provide funds for
the local share requirement of a program offering federal
matching funds. The state match pool would be administered by the
Budget and Planning division of the Governor's Office.

A political subdivision or a public or private entity in a
political subdivision, seeking funds for the local share
requirement of a program offering federal matching funds would
need to make an application to the budget and planning division
and qualify for hardship status, as defined by rules adopted by
the division.

Implementation of the provisions of the bill would result in
additional cost to the Office of the Governor.  These costs would
be dependent on match levels and cannot be determined.


The fiscal implication to  the State or units of local government
cannot be determined.    




 Source:  Governor - Fiscal
          LBB Staff: JK, ML, DF