LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
March 22, 1995
TO: Honorable Bill Sims, Chair IN RE: Committee Substitute
Committee on Natural Resources for Senate
Senate Bill No. 750
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
750 (relating to the creation of a license management program for
certain commercial fishing) 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 create a license management program for the bay
and bait shrimp fishery. The program would create a license buy-
back fund and certain license fees would be increased to provide
revenue for the fund to purchase licenses from willing license
holders.
The bill would also provide for the transfer of licenses, and
authorize the Parks and Wildlife Commission to set a license
transfer fee. The revenue from the transfer fees cannot be
estimated because Parks and Wildlife currently does not maintain
records on the number of licenses sold from one party to another.
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 Probable Cost Out Change in
Year Gain to the Shrimp of the Shrimp Number of State
License Buy-Back License Buy-Back Employees from
Account in the Account in the FY 1995
General Revenue General Revenue
Fund Fund 001
001
1996 $179,062 $179,062 .0
1997 179,062 179,062 .0
1998 179,062 179,062 .0
1999 179,062 179,062 .0
2000 179,062 179,062 .0
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, Parks and Wildlife
Department
LBB Staff: JK, PVT, DF