LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session April 23, 1997 TO: Honorable Tom Craddick, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 3320 Committee on Ways & Means By: Horn House Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB3320 ( Relating to the use of local funds for state parks.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB3320-As Introduced The fiscal impact to the state would vary depending on which political subdivisions would choose to contribute money to improve or maintain state parks and how much money was contributed, accepted and matched by the department. Fiscal Analysis The bill would amend Chapter 13 of the Parks and Wildlife Code to require the Parks and Wildlife Department to establish a program by which a political subdivision could contribute money to improve or maintain state parks. The political subdivision would designate each park to benefit from the contributions. The bill would allow political subdivisions to contribute local tax money to the department including: sales and use tax revenue received under Section 4A or 4B of the Development Corporation Act of 1979; sales and use tax revenue collected by a county development district; and hotel occupancy tax revenue collected by municipalities and counties. The bill would prohibit a political subdivision from contributing property tax revenues or sales and use tax revenues collected by a municipality, county, or special purpose taxing authorities under Chapters 321, 322, or 323 of the Tax Code. Political subdivisions could contribute money only to improve or maintain one or more state parks that contributed to the economic, cultural, or recreational development or well-being of the residents of the political subdivision. The department would not be required to accept a contribution. However, contributions accepted by the department would be matched by the department and used only to improve or maintain the state park(s) for which the money was contributed. The bill would become effective immediately upon enactment, assuming that it received the requisite two-thirds majority votes in both houses of the Legislature. Otherwise, it would become effective 90 days after adjournment. Local The fiscal impact to units of local government would vary depending on which political subdivisions would choose to contribute money to improve or maintain state parks and how much money was contributed. Source: Agencies: 802 Parks and Wildlife Department 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts LBB Staff: JK ,RR ,SM