LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  February 16, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Debra Danburg, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 51
          Committee on Elections                              By: Madden
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB51 ( Relating 
to requiring a declaration of write-in candidacy in an election 
for the members of the governing body of a junior college district 
or the board of a hospital district.) this office has detemined 
the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB51-As Introduced
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
This bill would amend the Education Code and the Health and 
Safety Code to require write-in candidates to file a declaration 
of write-in candidacy in Junior College District and Hospital 
District elections.  No significant fiscal impact on local governments 
is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   307   Secretary of State
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,PE ,JC