LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  March 5, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable David Counts, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 706
          Committee on Natural Resources                              By: Cook
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB706 ( Relating 
to granting the Bastrop County Water Control and Improvement 
District No. 2 the powers and duties of a road district.) this 
office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB706-As Introduced
         

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as 
the provisions of the bill are in effect.
          
This bill would reinstate the Bastrop County Water Control and 
Improvement District No. 2 with the powers and duties of a road 
district.  It would require adoption of a master plan and road 
repairs in accordance with that plan.  The master plan would 
require approval by both the City of Bastrop and Bastrop County. 
 These entities would also review all road plans and specifications 
before construction could begin, since the district is located 
within the city limits of the City of Bastrop as well as the 
unincorporated section of Bastrop County.  The district would 
 be authorized to impose a monthly charge of $5 per developed 
or undeveloped lot, tract, or reserve.

This bill provides 
for the termination of road district authority when all proposed 
road improvements are completed and accepted by Bastrop County 
and the City of Bastrop.  It is estimated that all work would 
be completed within 20 years of this bill's enactment.   Any 
funds remaining upon termination of the road district would 
be divided among the City of Bastrop and Bastrop County in proportion 
to the road miles accepted by each entity, rather than total 
road miles accepted by both entities combined.       

No 
significant fiscal implication is anticipated as a result of 
the City of Bastrop and Bastrop County's review of the master 
plan.  According to Bastrop County, the $5 monthly fee would 
generate $275,000 per year in revenues to the district.  This 
increased revenue would allow for updating the master plan and 
constructing and maintaining roadways within the district.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,BB ,TL