LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                               May 10, 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), Committee Report 1st House, as amended
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Fundsfor     *
*  SB713, Committee Report 1st House, as amended:  $0 through the        *
*  biennium ending August 31, 2001.                                      *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Net 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                     $(17,700,000)                     $17,700,000 *
*  2001                      (17,700,000)                      17,700,000 *
*  2002                      (17,700,000)                      17,700,000 *
*  2003                      (17,700,000)                      17,700,000 *
*  2004                      (17,700,000)                      17,700,000 *
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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 0006 to the County and Road District
Highway Fund 0057 from the present $7.3 million to $25 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 $17,700,000 made
available by the legislation.  Most counties would realize a gain.
  
  
Source Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts, 601
                   Department of Transportation
LBB Staff:         JK, BB, CT