LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  March 20, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Allen Hightower, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 279, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
          Committee on Corrections                              By: West, George "Buddy"
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB279 ( Relating 
to a requirement that inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal 
Justice participate in work and educational programs.) this 
office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB279-Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   696   Department of Criminal Justice
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,CB ,JN