LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  March 18, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Tom Craddick, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 1769
          Committee on Ways & Means                              By: Isett
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB1769 ( Relating 
to the exception for certain officers from the registration 
requirements of The Property Taxation Professional Certification 
Act.) this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB1769-As Introduced
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
The bill would exempt, from mandatory certification, a county 
tax assessor-collector who has approved a contract pursuant 
to Section 6.24(b), Tax Code, providing for another taxing unit 
or an appraisal district to perform duties related to the assessment 
or collection of taxes for the county.  According to the Board 
of Tax Professional Examiners, 66 counties have the aforementioned 
contracts.  Annual and renewal fees are $45 a year and $55 for 
initial applications.  The maximum fiscal impact to the State 
is anticipated to be no more than $3,000.
          
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government 
is anticipated.  The bill would save a county with an approved 
contract $45 per year. 
          
   Source:            Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
                                         337   Board of Tax Professional Examiners
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,RR ,TL