LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  March 2, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Steven Wolens, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 101
          Committee on State Affairs                              By: Gray
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB101 ( Relating 
to the adoption of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.) 
this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB101-As Introduced
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. 

         

         
 
The bill would allow for the creation of interstate emergency 
management assistance compacts between Texas and any other state(s). 
 Any state rendering aid could require reimbursement by the 
requesting state for emergency assistance-related expenses. 
A state requesting assistance would therefore be liable for 
costs incurred by the responding state for emergency assistance, 
although the bill would allow the responding state to donate 
emergency services and loan equipment to the requesting state. 
Texas can currently request and receive from other states emergency 
relief aid that would require reimbursement for costs incurred. 
 Also, many emergencies in Texas could likely be addressed by 
a combination of local, state, federal, and private relief efforts. 
Therefore, no significant additional costs to the state are 
anticipated. 
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   301   Office of the Governor
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,JD ,RN