LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 26, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Bill Carter, Chair, House Committee on Urban
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB 3836  by Truitt (Relating to requiring a recall
               election to remove a member of the governing body of a
               general-law municipality.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
A general-law municipality petitioned to recall a municipal officer could
incur the cost of a special election for that purpose. The cost of
conducting a recall election would depend on the population of the
municipality. Based on a recent survey of local governments, the median
cost of a local election has been calculated at $.52 per resident.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TL