LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  February 25, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 197, As Engrossed
          Committee on Public Health                              By: Zaffirini
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB197 ( Relating 
to the regulation of alcohol awareness courses by the Texas 
Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.) this office has detemined 
the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB197-As Engrossed
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  This bill 
relates to the regulation of alcohol awareness courses by the 
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA).  The proposed 
change to TCADA's enabling legislation adds language that specifically 
allows TCADA to charge fees for Alcohol Awareness courses.  
These fees are already being charged pursuant to Art. 42.12, 
Section 13 (h) Code of Criminal Procedure.
         

         
   Appropriations:
   
     The bill would appropriate the following amounts:
   
 
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   517   Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,BB ,AC