LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  May 1, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable David Counts, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 1175, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
          Committee on Natural Resources                              By: Whitmire
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1175 ( Relating 
to recall elections to remove a member of the board of directors 
of a municipal utility district.) this office has detemined 
the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1175-Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
         

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         
If the voters of a municipal utility district exercise the right 
provided by this bill to petition for an election on the removal 
of the director, the district could incur costs associated with 
holding an election for that purpose and for an election to 
replace a director that is removed.  The cost of an election 
would depend upon the number of residents within a district. 
 Based on data collected in a survey conducted by the Texas 
Association of Counties, the median cost of a local election 
has been calculated at $0.40 per resident.
         
 
          
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                      LBB Staff:   JK ,BB ,TL