LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 13, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable J.E. "Buster" Brown, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Natural Resources
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB 1272 by Wentworth (relating to the authority of a
               political subdivision to prepare and implement a regional
               habitat conservation plan or habitat conservation plan
               or to enter into a conservation agreement), Committee
               Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would require that a citizens advisory committee be appointed by
the plan participants to assist in preparing the regional habitat
conservation plan and the application for a federal permit.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   802   Parks and Wildlife Department
LBB Staff:         JK, DE, TT