LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session April 26, 1997 TO: Honorable Fred M. Bosse, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 570, As Engrossed Committee on Land and Resource Management By: Truan House Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB570 ( Relating to the regulation of subdivisions in certain economically distressed counties; providing civil and criminal penalties.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB570-As Engrossed No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. FISCAL ANALYSIS This bill would reinstate authority to enforce the platting requirements of the Model Subdivision Rules to those counties which are not located within 50 miles of an international border. This would restore such counties' eligibility for funding under the Economically Distressed Areas Program (EDAP), from which they are currently precluded. METHODOLOGY The nine counties affected by this bill include: Bee, Coryell, Frio, Marion, Newton, Reeves, Sabine, San Patricio and Terrel. According to the Water Development Board, there is approximately $155 million remaining in uncommitted EDAP funds for which the nine counties would be eligible, in addition to eligible border counties. These funds are expected to be committed by the end of fiscal year 1999. The board estimates that the nine counties affected by this bill account for approximately $123 million in eligible projects out of approximately $350 million in eligible projects throughout the state, or about 35 percent of the remaining eligible projects. FISCAL IMPACT Assuming all projects are funded in the same proportion throughout the state, it is estimated that the nine counties affected by this bill could receive 35 percent of the $155 million remaining EDAP funds, or approximately $54 million, between the enactment of this bill and the end of fiscal year 1999. Source: Agencies: LBB Staff: JK ,BB ,TL