LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 1, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable J.E. "Buster" Brown, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Natural 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 certain limited entry license management
               programs), 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 create the Finfish License Management Program to promote
efficiency and economic stability in the commercial finfish industry. The
bill would also create the Saltwater Fisheries License Management
Programs for individual fisheries that would be authorized to promote
efficiency and economic stability in the saltwater commercial fisheries
industries. In addition, conditions for license revocation and suspension
and a voluntary license buyback program are established.

The bill would set up a Finfish License Management Review Board, a
Saltwater Fisheries License Management Review Board and a fishery
advisory committee to advise the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DE, TT