LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  May 27, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Bob Bullock            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 1581, As Passed 2nd House
          Lieutenant Governor                Carona
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1581 ( relating 
to registration of and reporting by certain charitable organizations; 
providing penalties.) this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1581-As Passed 2nd House   FN Revision 1
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         
The bill would require the Attorney General to maintain a registry 
of all charities that solicit by telephone and that voluntarily 
register with the Attorney General.  Charities that register 
would pay a filing fee of fifty dollars.  The fee would be  
deposited in the General Revenue Fund.

The fiscal implication 
would depend on the number of charities required to file.  Currently, 
there is no record of the number of charities that solicit by 
telephone in this state.  However, the Attorney General anticipates 
that the cost of additional personnel required to implement 
the bill's provisions could be absorbed with current staff. 
 The Office would require additional authority to utilize the 
new receipts.
         
 
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   302   Office of the Attorney General
                                         302   Office of the Attorney General
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,TH ,JD ,JC