LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 24, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate 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 Introduced
  
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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:   
LBB Staff:         JK, SD, ZS