LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 17, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Bill Sims, Chair             IN RE:  Senate Bill No.
         Committee on Natural Resources         1223,
         Senate                                               as amended
         Austin, Texas                                  By: Patterson









FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1223 (relating to establishing the Center for Ports and
Waterways) this office has determined the following:

he bill would establish the Center for Ports and Waterways at the
Texas Transportation Institute
(TTI) , a component of the Texas A&M University System.  The
center would employ personnel
as well as accept gifts or research from any public, federal, or
private source.  The Texas
Transportation Institute has the authority to perform the
responsibilities that would be assigned
to it upon passage of the bills and the creation of the center is
consistent with the mission of TTI
in conducting research in all modes of transportation.  It is
anticipated that the center's budget
will be funded by external research grants and contracts.

As a result, there will be no fiscal implication to the State or
units of local government.



    

        





 



Source:   LBB Staff: JK, CT, DF