LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 17, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Debra Danburg, Chair, House Committee on
               Elections
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB444  by Madden (Relating to the requirements for
               write-in candidates in a special election for city
               officers.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would include special elections for city officers as situations
where a write-in vote may not be counted unless the name written in
appears on the list of write-in candidates.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TB, SK