LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 21, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Patricia Gray, Chair, House Committee on Public
               Health
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2756  by Pitts (Relating to the abolition of the
               Funeral Services Commission and the transfer of the
               duties of that commission to the Texas Board of Health;
               establishing an advisory committee to the Texas
               Department of Health on funeral services issues.), As
               Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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*  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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The bill would abolish the Funeral Service Commission and transfer the
duties of the commission to the Texas Department of Health.  It is
assumed that this transfer would result in no net increase in
expenditures, revenues, or staff to the state.

The bill would create an advisory committee to advise the Department of
Health on funeral service issues.  Reimbursement for travel and related
expenses for members of the advisory committee would have to be
authorized in the General Appropriations Act.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   513   Funeral Service Commission, 501   Department of
                   Health
LBB Staff:         JK, TP, KF