LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 9, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Bob Hunter, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 1812
          Committee on State, Federal & International Relations                              By: Hunter
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB1812 ( Relating 
to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and the preservation, 
management, and disposition of state records and other historical 
resources.) this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB1812-As Introduced
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.


         
The bill would amend Chapter 441 of the Government Code by adding 
a new subchapter L to consolidate and modernize several statutes 
relating to the management and preservation of state records 
and by repealing various sections and subchapters of current 
law related to state records. The bill would take effect September 
1, 1997. 

The bill clarifies many ambiguous portions of current 
law, and in some cases adds new language, but does not confer 
any significant new authority to the State Library and Archives 
Commission.  A portion of the bill granting the commission authority 
to sell duplicate or unwanted state archives would result in 
a very small gain to general revenue of approximately $1,000 
per year. 
         
 
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   306   Library and Archives Commission
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,TH ,JA