LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  March 14, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable J.E. "Buster" Brown, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 347, Committee Report 1st House, as amended
          Committee on Natural Resources                              By: Harris
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB347 ( Relating 
to enforcement by political subdivisions of the National Flood 
Insurance Program; providing a civil penalty.) this office has 
detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB347-Committee Report 1st House, as amended
         

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  
         
This bill would provide a civil penalty of no more than $100 
per day per incident for persons who violate the provisions 
of the National Flood Insurance Program as prescribed in Subchapter 
I, Chaper 16, Water Code.  The bill would provide Tarrant County 
with the authority to enforce the provisions of the subchapter 
and recover the civil penalty provided.

Municipalities already 
enforce the provisions of Subchapter I, although some levy penalties 
in excess of the $100 per day per incident maximum that would 
be set by this bill.  However, the threat of enforcement is 
usually sufficient to deter violations, and municipalities rarely 
assess penalties.  Therefore, no significant impact to municipalities 
is anticipated.

It is expected that Tarrant County would 
likewise experience virtually universal compliance, if it were 
granted the enforcement provisions of the bill.  Therefore, 
no significant impact to Tarrant County is anticipated.
         
 
          
   Source:            Agencies:   582   Natural Resources Conservation Commission
                                         304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
                                         305   General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,BB ,TL