LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  March 18, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Fred Hill, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 1764
          Committee on Urban Affairs                              By: Jackson
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB1764 ( Relating 
to allowing municipalities to purchase goods for retail sale 
without following competitive bidding procedures.) this office 
has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB1764-As Introduced
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
This bill would allow municipalities to purchase goods for subsequent 
retail sale without following competitive bidding procedures. 
 Municipalities could realize positive fiscal implications equal 
to the publishing and administrative costs associated with competitive 
bidding procedures for such items.  However, since it is expected 
that municipalities would purchase relatively few items for 
retail sale, no significant fiscal implication is anticipated. 

          
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                      LBB Staff:   JK ,TL