LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 17, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable J.E. "Buster" Brown, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 23
          Committee on Natural Resources                              By: Brown
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB23 ( Relating 
to the boundaries, confirmation election, and taxing authority 
of the Clear Creek Watershed Regional Flood Control District.) 
this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB23-As Introduced
         

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
This bill would extend the time limit for the Board of the Clear 
Creek Watershed Regional Flood Control District to hold a confirmation 
election from two to three years.

The cost of a confirmation 
election would be paid by the district, if the district is confirmed 
in the election.  If the district is not confirmed in the election, 
the four counties with land contained within the District (Brazoria, 
Fort Bend, Galveston and Harris) would pay the cost of the election 
in equal shares.  An election held solely for the purpose of 
confirming the Clear Creek Watershed Regional Flood Control 
District, an area comprising approximately 250,000 residents, 
is estimated to cost approximately $100,000, or $25,000 per 
county.  The estimate is based on a median local election cost 
of $0.40 per resident, as calculated from data collected in 
a survey by the Texas Association of Counties.  A confirmation 
election that could be held in conjunction with elections scheduled 
previously in all four counties is not anticipated to add significant 
costs.

          
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