LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  May 5, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Steven Wolens, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 1915, As Engrossed
          Committee on State Affairs                              By: Sibley
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1915 (  Relating 
to the regulation of utilities. ) this office has detemined 
the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1915-As Engrossed
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
The bill would authorize the Public Utility Commission (PUC) 
to assess a fee to cover the cost of the agency's system of 
electronic access to rulemaking and contested case proceedings. 
 According to PUC, this section would create no fiscal impact 
because it simply provides the statutory authority to do what 
the agency currently does via a fee waiver from the General 
Service Commission.  

The bill would require certain administrative 
penalties to be deposited to the credit of PUC.  Since no dedicated 
fund is specified or created in this section, the Comptroller 
assumes that these penalties would still be deposited into General 
Revenue.  

The bill would require PUC to conduct an educational 
program.  According to PUC, any additional workload could be 
handled with existing PUC resources.
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,JD ,TH ,BK