LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  March 31, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Patricia Gray, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 2037
          Committee on Civil Practices                              By: Lewis, Ron
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2037 ( Relating 
to discontinuing boat and outboard motor franchise agreements.) 
this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2037-As Introduced
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.


         

         
 
The bill would allow boat dealers to protest a manufacturer's 
or distributor's decision to not continue a franchise agreement. 
 This action would be infrequent, and the protest fee of $250 
would partially offset the portion of the costs incurred by 
the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to engage an arbitrator 
to settle the protest.  Therefore, the fiscal impact to the 
agency is negligible.
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   802   Parks and Wildlife Department
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,PE ,DM