LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session April 16, 1997 TO: Honorable Bob Hunter, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 2848, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Committee on State, Federal & International Relations By: Berlanga House Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2848 ( Relating to the designation of the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History as the Marine Archeology Repository for state marine collections.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2848-Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would allow the Historical Commission to contract with qualified institutions to serve as a repository for artifacts in the custody of the Historical Commission and would designate the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History as the repository for marine artifacts. The bill would allow the Historical Commission to contract with other qualified institutions to serve as additional repositories for marine artifacts, and specifies that the commission may authorize archeological repositories to loan artifacts to qualified institutions for display. The Historical Commission has indicated that in general, their practice has been to negotiate mutual agreements or partnerships with institutions regarding marine or archeological artifacts that do not result in a cost to the commission. In the event that a contract would be necessary, contract costs would vary depending on the size of the collection, the type of artifacts, and the work required on the collection. No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source: Agencies: LBB Staff: JK ,TH ,JA