LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 1, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Edmund Kuempel, Chair, House Committee on State
               Recreational Resources
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB 2526 by Cuellar (relating to the penalties for
               poaching), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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Although primarily amending the Parks and Wildlife Code to increase
penalties and fines for poaching, the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department has estimated that it could produce a total revenue gain of
between $111,075 to $835,500 in fine revenue to the Game, Fish & Water
Safety Account, Fund 009.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DE, TT