LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 1, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Steven Wolens, Chair, House Committee on State
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HJR85 by Merritt (proposing a constitutional amendment to
               provide for the automatic resignation of a railroad
               commissioner who during the term for which the railroad
               commissioner is elected or appointed becomes a candidate
               for another public office), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated, other than the     *
*  cost of publication.  The cost to the state for publication of the    *
*  resolution is $76,352.                                                *
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Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, BB