LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 29, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Troy Fraser, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Technology & Business Growth
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2109  by Bonnen (Relating to limits on liability of a
               taxing unit for storage tanks.), As Engrossed
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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Local Government Impact
  
This bill would limit the liability of taxing units that assume ownership
through delinquent tax foreclosure of property containing underground or
aboveground storage tanks.  The proposed liability limitations could
provide potential cost savings associated with remediation for damage
caused by underground and aboveground storage tanks.
  
  
Source Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582   Natural
                   Resource Conservation Commission
LBB Staff:         JK, TH, DE, NS