LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 25, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Bill Carter, Chair, House Committee on Urban
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB 2966  by Hilbert (Relating to the authority of certain
               hospital authorities to provide facilities and services
               for the elderly or disabled.), Committee Report 1st
               House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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Local Government Impact
  
A municipal hospital authority which would choose to construct, acquire,
own, operate, enlarge, improve, furnish, or equip facilities or services
for the care of the elderly or disabled as a result of the bill's
enactment could incur both initial capital and on-going operational
costs. The cost would depend on the size and scope of facilities or
services provided or improved, whether new facilities would need to be
acquired or constructed and whether additional employees would be
required to staff such facilities or services.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TL