LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 29, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Steven Wolens, Chair, House Committee on State
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB583 by Ellis, Rodney (relating to a prospective state
               contractor who is indebted to or owes delinquent taxes to
               the state), As Engrossed
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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Amending the Government Code to require a state agency to contact the
Comptroller before entering into a contract with a vendor to determine
if the vendor is indebted or owes delinquent taxes to the state would
have no significant fiscal impact on the state.  If the vendor is
indebted or owes delinquent taxes to the state, state agencies may
contract with the vendor only if the vendor agrees to repay the debt or
delinquent taxes out of payments received for the contracted service or
goods.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   303   General Services Commission, 304   Comptroller
                   of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, BB, SD, ZS