LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                               May 20, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable David Counts, Chair, House Committee on Natural
               Resources
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB 1911 by Brown, J. E. "Buster" (relating to the
               creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and
               financing of certain groundwater conservation
               districts), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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Local Government Impact
  
According to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, the
costs to establish and operate a groundwater conservation district is
estimated to range from $70,000 to $150,000 per year depending upon the
size of the district.  It is assumed that revenues from certain fees set
by the districts would cover the costs to establish and operate the
districts.
  
  
Source Agencies:   582   Natural Resource Conservation Commission, 580
                   Water Development Board
LBB Staff:         JK, DE