LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  May 6, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Eddie Lucio, Jr., Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 2141, As Engrossed
          Committee on Intergovernmental Relations                              By: Keel,Terry
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2141 ( Relating 
to the seizure and sale of certain property by certain municipalities.) 
this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2141-As Engrossed
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
This bill would allow a municipality to seize and sell certain 
properties which contain demolished structures and on which 
ad valorem taxes are delinquent.  The bill would allow a municipality 
to recover costs associated with demolition and, in cases where 
the value of such the land exceeds the cost of demolition, a 
municipality could experience increased revenues.
          
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                      LBB Staff:   JK ,TL