LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 21, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 702, As Engrossed
          Committee on Public Health                              By: Moncrief
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB702 ( Relating 
to the imposition of administrative penalties under certain 
professional licensing programs.) this office has detemined 
the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB702-As Engrossed
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         
The bill would add administrative penalties to the statutes 
governing the regulation of Massage Therapists, Respiratory 
Care Practitioners, Medical Radiologic Technologists, and Opticians. 
 Administrative penalties would be deposited to the credit of 
the general revenue fund.  Costs and expenses collected would 
be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of a special 
account that may be appropriated only to the Department of Health.
         
 
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   501   Department of Health
                                         304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,BB