LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 20, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Gary Walker, Chair, House Committee on Land &
               Resource Management
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB 775 by Greenberg (relating to the regulation of
               subdivisions by certain counties), Committee Report 1st
               House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant 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.

Three affected 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.
Travis County expects that the establishment of a planning commission
could increase administrative expenses in several county departments and
require additional office space but could not provide an exact estimate
of the cost.
  
  
Source Agencies:   580   Water Development Board, 302   Office Of The
                   Attorney General
LBB Staff:         JK, DE, TL