LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                           May 1, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Ken Armbrister, Chair        IN RE:  Senate BillNo. 1677
         Committee on State Affairs                     By: Barrientos, et
         Senate                                 al.
         Austin, Texas








FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1677 (Relating to studying the feasibility of constructing a
motion-picture soundstage facility on state-owned property in
certain counties and authorizing the construction if it is
feasible; making an appropriation.) this office has determined
the following:

This bill would amend the Government Code by adding a new
section.  The new section would require the Texas Commission on
the Arts (TCA) to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of
constructing and operating a motion-picture soundstage facility
on state-owned land in Travis or Williamson County.  The bill
would allow the TCA to contract with private entities to conduct
the study and to operate the facility. 

The bill would  require the TCA to issue requests for proposals
for the study by November 1, 1995 and to complete the study by
July 31, 1996.  The bill would require the TCA to determine if
the project is feasible, and if feasible, the TCA would be
required to submit a project plan to the Legislative Budget Board
by September 1, 1996.

The bill would appropriate $10 million from the general revenue
fund to the TCA for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31,
1997, for the purpose of completing this project.

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  Year  Probable Cost    
                                     Out of    
                                     General   
                                   Revenue Fund
                                       001     
                                               
          1996                         $250,000
          1997                        9,750,000
                                               
          1998                                 
                                               
          1999                                 
          2000                                 
                                               
                                               
                                               
  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, General Land Office and
Veterans' Land Board, Commission on the Arts
          LBB Staff: JK, CG, DF