LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 4, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Bill Sims, Chair             IN RE:  Senate BillNo. 1438
         Committee on Natural Resources                 By: Brown
         Senate
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1438 (Relating to the definition of a marginal gas well.) this
office has determined the following:

The bill would add a definition for marginal gas wells to the
Natural Resources Code.  A marginal gas well would be defined as
one incapable of producing  under normal operating conditions
more than 250,000 cubic feet of gas per day.


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




Source:   Comptroller of Public Accounts, Railroad Commission
          LBB Staff: JK, CT, DF