LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 8, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Frank Madla, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Intergovernmental Relations
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB 1193  by Lucio (Relating to the fees imposed for the
               preservation and restoration of certain county records
               and county courthouses.), Committee Report 1st House,
               Substituted
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill could result in increased revenue to county governments.
Assuming that all counties would collect both fees, and that the full
amount authorized would be charged, the statewide impact to local
governments is estimated to be an increase in revenue of approximately
$30 million per year. Provisions of the bill authorizing collection of
both fees would expire September 1, 2006.

The bill could result in some costs to county governments as a result of
requirements to prepare annual written plans and to post notice of the
fees.  It is assumed that these costs would be minimal and would be paid
from fees collected.

The estimated impact to counties was derived based on information
provided by the State Library and  Archives Commission on county fees
and the 1990 state population as reported by the census. It is estimated
that the maximum fee level authorized by the bill ($7.50 total for both
fees) would generate approximately $1.77 per capita.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TL, JH