LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 23, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Ken Armbrister, Chair        IN RE:  Senate Joint
         Committee on State Affairs             Resolution
         Senate                                                No. 54
         Austin, Texas                                  By: Cain, Nelson









FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Joint
Resolution No. 54 (Proposing a constitutional amendment to
provide for submitting certain legislation to the voters for
their approval.) this office has determined the following:

The resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to provide for
submitting certain legislation to the voters for their approval. 
Upon a vote of two-thirds of all the members of each house of the
Legislature, the Legislature would submit a proposed statute to
the voters and make the enactment of the statute into law subject
to the approval of the voters.  A measure submitted to the voters
would not be subject to veto by the Governor.

The election on proposed statutes submitted to the voters would
be held in accordance with the procedures for voting on proposed
amendments to the Texas Constitution.  Counties would be required
to conduct the election.  The Secretary of State estimates there
would be one such election on the ballot following each
legislative session.  During the first five years after the
adoption of a statute by the voters, a two-thirds vote of the
members of both houses of the Legislature would be required to
amend or repeal the statute.

The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first  five years following passage
is estimated as follows, per estimate of the Office of the
Secretary of State:    




     


 
          Fiscal    Probable Cost Out       Change in
           Year        of  General       Number of State
                     Revenue Fund 001    Employees from
                                             FY 1995

        1996                   $87,700                .0
        1997                         0                .0

        1998                    87,700                .0

        1999                         0                .0
        2000                    87,700                .0



       Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.

The fiscal implication to  units of local government cannot be
determined.


Source:   Secretary of State
          LBB Staff: JK, JC, DF