LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  March 18, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Eddie Lucio, Jr., Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 804
          Committee on Intergovernmental Relations                              By: Brown
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB804 ( Relating 
to allowing municipalities to purchase goods for retail sale 
without following competitive bidding procedures.) this office 
has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB804-As Introduced
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
This bill would allow municipalities to purchase goods for subsequent 
retail sale without following competitive bidding procedures. 
 Municipalities could realize positive fiscal implications equal 
to the publishing and administrative costs associated with competitive 
bidding procedures for such items.  However, since it is expected 
that municipalities would purchase relatively few items for 
retail sale, no significant fiscal implication is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,TL