LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 15, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Steven Wolens, Chair, House Committee on State
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1471 by Hilbert (relating to requiring a small business
               impact statement for bills and resolutions), Committee
               Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would require the Legislative Budget Board, at the request of a
committee chair, to prepare a statement describing the regulatory and
fiscal effects on small businesses of a proposed bill or resolution.  To
meet the provisions of the bill, the Legislative Budget Board will have
to reallocate agency budget resources.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, BB, BR