LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 8, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable J.E. "Buster" Brown, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Natural Resources
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB 1532 by Carona (relating to the regulation of
               renderers), 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 allow the Texas Department of Health to set fees to
recover annual expenditures of state funds relating to the regulation of
renderers.  The fees would be deposited to a new General Revenue-
Dedicated Account, the Rendering Fee Account.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   501   Department of Health
LBB Staff:         JK, DE, KF