LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 15, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Bill Ratliff, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB713 by Ogden (relating to the county and road district
               highway fund), As Introduced
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  SB713, As Introduced:  $0 through the biennium ending August 31,      *
*  2001.                                                                 *
*                                                                        *
*  The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal      *
*  basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of    *
*  the bill.                                                             *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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          *  Fiscal Year  Probable Net Positive/(Negative)   *
          *               Impact to General Revenue Related  *
          *                             Funds                *
          *       2000                                   $0  *
          *       2001                                    0  *
          *       2002                                    0  *
          *       2003                                    0  *
          *       2004                                    0  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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*Fiscal    Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss)    Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss)   *
* Year       from State Highway Fund      from County and Road District   *
*                      0006                        Highway Fund           *
*                                                      0057               *
*  2000                     $(42,700,000)                     $42,700,000 *
*  2001                      (42,700,000)                      42,700,000 *
*  2002                      (42,700,000)                      42,700,000 *
*  2003                      (42,700,000)                      42,700,000 *
*  2004                      (42,700,000)                      42,700,000 *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill changes the formula used to allocate gasoline tax revenues to
counties.  A county's area would no longer be used in the computation.

Also, the bill would raise the amount of tax receipts annually
transferred from Highway Fund 006 to the County and Road District
Highway Fund 057 from the present $7.3 million to $50 million per year,
effective September 1, 1999.
  
  
Methodology
  
The Comptroller's Office and the Texas Department of Transportation
provided estimates of the bill's impact.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
The 254 counties in Texas would share in the additional $42,700,000 made
available by the legislation.  One county, Kenedy, would lose $3,140 per
year.  All other counties would realize a gain.  The ten counties
receiving the greatest gains would be Harris, Montgomery, Hidalgo,
Brazoria, Smith, Bexar, Travis, Parker, Cameron, and Johnson
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, BB, CT