LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 17, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Eddie Lucio, Chair, Senate Committee on Border
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB1421 by Lucio (Relating to the regulation of the
               subdivision or development of land in certain
               economically distressed areas, including colonias, and
               certain other areas; providing penalties.), As
               Introduced
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  SB1421, As Introduced:  negative impact of $(300,000) through the     *
*  biennium ending August 31, 2001.                                      *
*                                                                        *
*  The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal      *
*  basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of    *
*  the bill.                                                             *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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          *  Fiscal Year  Probable Net Positive/(Negative)   *
          *               Impact to General Revenue Related  *
          *                             Funds                *
          *       2000                           $(150,000)  *
          *       2001                            (150,000)  *
          *       2002                            (150,000)  *
          *       2003                            (150,000)  *
          *       2004                            (150,000)  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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*Fiscal    Probable Savings/(Cost) from     Change in Number of State     *
* Year         General Revenue Fund           Employees from FY 1999      *
*                      0001                                               *
*  2000                        $(150,000)                             0.0 *
*  2001                         (150,000)                             0.0 *
*  2002                         (150,000)                             0.0 *
*  2003                         (150,000)                             0.0 *
*  2004                         (150,000)                             0.0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would require that a colonia ombudsman be appointed in each of
the six border counties with the largest colonia population.  In
addition, the bill would require that the state and the counties that
have a colonia ombudsman evenly divide the cost of operating the colonia
ombudsman program.
  
  
Methodology
  
The Secretary of State assumed that the six colonia ombudsmen would be
each paid a total salary of $40,000 per year.  The Secretary of State
estimates that incidental operating costs associated with the colonia
ombudsman program would total $5,000 per ombudsman per year.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
Under the provisions of the bill, each of six border counties would be
required to divide the cost of a colonia ombudsman program with the
state.  Costs to each county would total $25,000 per year.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DE, DM