LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 28, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Clyde Alexander, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 3250, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
          Committee on Transportation                              By: Hartnett
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB3250 ( Relating 
to dog and cat sterilization and the issuance of Animal Friendly 
license plates.) this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB3250-Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
The bill would create a new dedicated Animal Friendly Account 
in the General Revenue Fund.  The account would receive money 
from gifts, grants, donations, legislative appropriations, and 
from a fee for a new, specially designed license plate.  The 
Department of Health would administer the account and could 
utilize the funds to issue grants to eligible organizations 
that sterilize animals owned by the general public at cost or 
no cost and to defray the cost of administering the account.

No 
fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,PE