LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 11, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Clyde Alexander, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 2337, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
          Committee on Transportation                              By: Bosse
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2337 ( Relating 
to the recovery of certain indirect costs by the Texas Department 
of Transportation.) this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2337-Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
 The bill would add Section 2106.008 to the Government Code 
relating to the application of the indirect cost recovery program 
to certain indirect costs of the Texas Department of Transportation 
(TxDot). The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation 
may waive the application of the chapter to indirect costs of 
the department associated with an agreement entered into by 
the department with another agency of the state or a local government 
entity, if the agreement relates to the development of a transportation 
project or a program administered by the department.
          
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government 
is anticipated.
          
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                      LBB Staff:   JK ,PE ,ML