LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                                May 4, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Edmund Kuempel, Chair, House Committee on State
               Recreational Resources
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB 1303 by Brown, J. E. "Buster" (Relating to the
               authority of the Parks and Wildlife Department to
               establish a limited entry license management program.),
               Committee Report 2nd House, as amended
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would create the Finfish License Management Program to promote
efficiency and economic stability in the commercial finfish industry.
The bill would set up a Finfish License Management Review Board to
advise the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.  In addition, the bill
establishes conditions for license revocation and suspension and a
voluntary license buyback program.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   802   Parks and Wildlife Department
LBB Staff:         JK, DE, TT