LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 16, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Eddie Lucio, Jr., Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 1696
          Committee on Intergovernmental Relations                              By: Ellis
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1696 ( Relating 
to the enforcement of land use restrictions in certain counties.) 
this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1696-As Introduced
         

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
This bill would allow county attorneys in counties with populations 
exceeding 200,000 to enforce subdivision platting restrictions.

Counties 
could recover some costs associated with enforcing platting 
restrictions, since Chapter 203 of the Property Code provides 
for an administrative fee to administer the chapter.  Denton 
County anticipates that these fees would be sufficient so that 
the bill would result in no significant fiscal implications 
to the county.

Tarrant County and Travis County both anticipate 
that this bill would result in increased costs.  Tarrant County 
estimates initial start-up costs of about $39,000 and continuing 
annual costs of approximately $130,000, because of the need 
to hire additional staff and acquire additional equipment.  
Travis County estimates an annual impact of $137,000, including 
staff and equipment acquisition costs.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,TL ,BB