LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 7, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Bill Sims, Chair             IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 651
         Committee on Natural Resources                 By: Ratliff
         Senate
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
651 (Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a
water use permit for certain reservoirs used in surface coal
mining operations.) this office has determined the following:




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




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