LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 28, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Steven Wolens, Chair, House Committee on State
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2090 by Cuellar (relating to competition by a state
               agency or political subdivision with private enterprise),
               As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would provide a procedure for certain small businesses to file
complaints regarding unfair competition from state agencies or political
subdivisions.

The bill would allow a state agency or political subdivision that had
funded, capitalized, guaranteed an indebtedness or lease obligation of,
or subsidized a commercial business, prior to September 1, 1999, to
continue the activity, but not to expand the scope of the activity.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, BB, BR, SM