LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session May 13, 1997 TO: Honorable Eddie Lucio, Jr., Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 2335, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted Committee on Intergovernmental Relations By: Smith Senate Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2335 ( Relating to certain crime control and prevention districts.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2335-Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. This bill would add municipalities located in counties with populations between 5,000 and 1 million to the list of entities eligible to create a crime control and prevention district. Such municipalities choosing to create a district could incur costs associated with the creation of a district. However, the municipality would be reimbursed by the district for actual expenses incurred. A district created as a result of this bill's passage could incur costs associated with personnel, administration, expansion, enhancement, and capital expenditures, pursuant to the limitation on expenditures described in Section 5.01, Article 2370c-4, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes. A district would be expected to be funded through a sales and use tax ranging from one-eighth of one percent to one-half of one percent. The municipality creating the district would be expected to receive a portion of such sales and use taxes if it applies to the district for funding under programs described in Section 5.01. Source: Agencies: LBB Staff: JK ,TL