LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 25, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, House Committee on County
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB 2262  by Ramsay (Relating to electronic filing of
               records with a county clerk.), 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 create a new Electronic Recording Advisory Committee.
Members of the committee would be entitled to compensation and
reimbursement of expenses as determined by the state agency of which the
member is an officer or employee.  Chapter 2110, Government Code, would
not apply to the committee.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated. While counties that choose to accept electronic filing of
records may incur some costs associated with computer hardware and
software needed to permit filing and recording by electronic means, it
is anticipated that most counties that choose to accept electronic
filing of records will already have the technological capacity in place.

  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TL, JH