LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 8, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Ken Armbrister, Chair        IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 653
         Committee on State Affairs                     By: Galloway
         Senate
         Austin, Texas







FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
653 (Relating to fees paid by certain registered professional
engineers.) this office has determined the following:

This bill modifies the Texas Engineering Practice Act by allowing
the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers (BRPE) to
adopt rules which could reduce registration and annual renewal
fees for DISABLED engineers who are not actively practicing their
profession.

Disabled engineers would be exempted from the $200 annual
professional fee.

The bill also allows the BRPE to adopt rules which could reduce
registration fees for individuals at least 65 years of age.

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   Loss from  General
                     Revenue Fund 001 
                                      
          1996                 $40,000
                                      
          1997                  40,000
                                      
                                      
                                      

        1998                    40,000

        1999                    40,000
        2000                    40,000



       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:   Comptroller of Public Accounts, Board of Registration
for Professional Engineers
          LBB Staff: JK, VS, DF