LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 1, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Steven Wolens, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 2841
          Committee on State Affairs                              By: Stiles
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2841 ( Relating 
to conforming the statutes to reflect the abolishment of the 
office of state treasurer.) this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2841-As Introduced
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
The bill would amend various statutes to conform with the abolishment 
of the office of the State Treasurer and the merger of Treasurer 
duties with the Comptroller of Public Accounts.  The bill would 
remove obsolete statutory references to the Treasurer and replace 
them with the Comptroller. 

The comptroller states that Section 
21.02 of the bill would amend the Bingo Enabling Act to make 
the collection of the Bingo Rental Fee and the Bingo Winner's 
Fee the responsibility of the Comptroller of Public Accounts. 
 Under current law, the Lottery Commission performs administration, 
collection, enforcement, and operation of the Bingo Rental Fee 
and Bingo Winner's Fee. The comptroller estimates that additional 
staff and equipment would be needed to address the increased 
workload for processing activities and taxpayer information 
services.  These costs would total $616,968 for fiscal year 
1998, which includes funds that would be required to hire temporary 
programmers for automated system enhancements, and approximately 
$150,000 every year thereafter.

This office assumes that 
the amendment to Section 21.02 of the bill would not transfer 
bingo tax/fee collection responsibility to the comptroller and 
that collection responsibility would remain with the Lottery 
Commission.
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,JD ,RN