LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 16, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Irma Rangel, Chair, House Committee on Higher
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2042  by Turner, Bob (Relating to the creation of the
               Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
*                                                                        *
*  The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal      *
*  basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of    *
*  the bill.                                                             *
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Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.

Those communities who choose to participate in the program would incur
some or all of the tuition and fees for sponsored students in the
program, but that would be the free choice of the participating
communities.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, DB