LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
                                Revision 1
  
                            February 23, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Elliott Naishtat, Chair, House Committee on
               Human Services
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB822  by Maxey (Relating to the creation of a task force
               composed of state and county representatives to study
               federal reimbursements to counties), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  Any   *
*  additional workload or administrative costs incurred as a result      *
*  of participation in the Task Force can be absorbed by all             *
*  participating agencies within existing resources.  However,           *
*  counties in Texas could gain as much as an additional $33.0           *
*  million per year in federal funds as a result of the task force       *
*  created by H.B. 822.                                                  *
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Local Government Impact
  
Based on surveys of Texas counties and consultants, an estimated 186
counties lack a countywide indirect cost allocation plan.  An additional
$11.0 million in federal funds could be received by counties in fiscal
year 2000 if only a third of these counties devised a plan.  If all
counties surveyed had an indirect cost plan in place, counties in Texas
would receive an estimated additional $33.0 million per year in federal
funds.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TP, PH, ZS