LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 7, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Debra Danburg, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 298
          Committee on Elections                              By: Madden
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB298 ( Relating 
to exceptions to the requirement to hold elections on a uniform 
election date.) this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB298-As Introduced
         

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
Fiscal Analysis:

The bill would amend the Election Code to 
reduce the number of exceptions to the state's four uniform 
election dates and to prevent political subdivisions from holding 
an election 30 days before or after a primary or general election.
          
Local governments could save money in election costs as several 
elections, including bond elections, would be required to be 
conducted on the same date as the state's four uniform election 
dates.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   307   Secretary of State
                                         304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,PE ,JC