LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                            February 12, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Gary Walker, Chair, House Committee on Land &
               Resource Management
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB52  by Cuellar (Relating to establishing a county
               planning commission to regulate subdivision platting and
               development.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
A county choosing to establish a planning commission could incur
additional expenses associated with staff, office space and materials.
The cost would depend on whether a county already has staff and other
resources available to dedicate to a planning commission.

Four counties provided fiscal impact estimates for the bill.  Harris
County and Denton County both anticipate no significant fiscal
implications, since existing departments already perform much of the
responsibilities that a planning commission is expected to require.

Randall County estimates that a planning commission could require an
additional county department at a cost of up to $200,000 per year.
Travis County expects that the establishment of a planning commission
would have a fiscal impact on several county departments and require
additional office space but could not provide an exact estimate of the
cost.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DE, TL