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