LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session April 20, 1997 TO: Honorable J.E. "Buster" Brown, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 1136 Committee on Natural Resources By: Wentworth Senate Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1136 ( Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to prepare and implement a regional habitat conservation plan or conservation agreement to protect federally listed endangered species.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1136-As Introduced No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would prohibit political subdivisions from entering into conservation agreements made between the state and federal government. The bill also would prescribe requirements for and authority of political subdivisions to regulate wildlife through the development, financing, and implementation of a habitat conservation plan. Political subdivisions would be prohibited from collecting a mitigation fee to fund a habitat conservation plan. As a result, funding for a plan would have to provided by other sources, most likely through bonds, which would require a vote. The impact to political subdivisions would vary, depending on the current mix of mitigation fee revenue and bond debt used to fund the plans. Source: Agencies: 802 Parks and Wildlife Department LBB Staff: JK ,BB ,DM