LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                                May 5, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Irma Rangel, Chair, House Committee on Higher
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB1183  by Haywood (relating to providing financial
               incentives to veterinary college students and graduates
               who agree to practice in a rural county), Committee
               Report 2nd House, Substituted
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.

Those rural communities who freely choose to participate in the program
would incur some or all of the tuition and fees for sponsored eligible
students in the program.
  
  
Source Agencies:   554   Animal Health Commission, 578   Board of
                   Veterinary Medical Examiners, 551   Department of
                   Agriculture, 304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, DE, TT