LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 2, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Eddie Lucio, Jr., Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 1277
          Committee on Intergovernmental Relations                              By: Lucio
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1277 ( Relating 
to powers and duties of emergency services districts.) this 
office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1277-As Introduced
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
Entitling emergency services commissioners to receives fees 
of office could cost emergency services districts approximately 
$15,000 per year in additional expenses.  Such an increase could 
be significant to districts in Kimble and Delta County which, 
according to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, each operate 
on an annual budget of $75,000. However, a district would also 
be able to generate new revenues to offset some of the cost 
increases, if it were to charge fees for services performed, 
as provided by the bill.   

No significant implications are 
anticipated as a result of the bill's proposed changes to competitive 
bidding procedures for emergency services districts.

There 
could be some administrative costs associated with requiring 
districts to file annual reports with the Secretary of State.

The 
bill would ensure that a district would be fairly compensated 
by a municipality that annexes a portion of the district's territory 
or acquires the district's real or personal property.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,TL