LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  May 15, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable J.E. "Buster" Brown, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 1955
          Committee on Natural Resources                              By: Madla
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1955 ( Relating 
to the transfer of certain occupational certification and licensing 
programs administered by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation 
Commission.) this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1955-As Introduced
         

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         
This bill transfers the licensing requirements for water well 
drillers and pump installers from the Texas Natural Resource 
Conservation Commission (TNRCC) to the Department of Licensing 
and Regulation (TDLR) and provides for civil and administrative 
penalties.  The bill transfers all obligations, rights, contracts, 
records, property, and personnel related to this program to 
the TDLR.  TDLR estimates that 7 FTEs would be transferred from 
TNRCC.  This analysis anticipates annual expenditures of approximately 
$300,000 per year from GR-Dedicated Account 79, the Water Well 
Drillers Account, with offsetting revenue generated from the 
licensing function. It is assumed that any physical relocation 
of property and personnel would incur minimal costs.

         
 
          

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,BB ,RA