LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  May 9, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 1070, As Engrossed
          Committee on Criminal Justice                              By: Van de Putte
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB1070 ( Relating 
to drug regulation and enforcement under the Texas Controlled 
Substances Act and to the authority of certain state agencies 
under that Act and to certain penalties for  the use of a controlled 
substance to commit  the offense; imposing criminal  penalties.) 
this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB1070-As Engrossed
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   501   Department of Health
                                         405   Department of Public Safety
                                         301   Office of the Governor
                                         302   Office of the Attorney General
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,CB ,KF