LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 11, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Rene Oliveira, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 1114, As Engrossed
          Committee on Economic Development                              By: Ellis
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1114 ( Relating 
to the establishment of a "wheels for work" pilot program to 
assist certain recipients of AFDC.) this office has detemined 
the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1114-As Engrossed
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         
This bill  would establish a pilot program for "Wheels for Work" 
 in the Texas Workforce Commission in a county with a population 
in excess of 2.8 million.  The program would be modeled on the 
Maryland "wheels for work" program and is designed to assist 
 persons who receive financial assistance to find and maintain 
employment by helping them secure a donated vehicle at a low 
cost, and to provide donors with a receipt for federal tax deduction 
purposes.
         
 
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   324   Department of Human Services
                                         320   Texas Workforce Commission
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,TH ,BB ,JA ,RA