LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 14, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Debra Danburg, Chair, House Committee on
               Elections
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB613  by Maxey (Relating to permitting voter registrars
               to accept voter registration applications and digital
               signatures on voter registration applications submitted
               by digital transmission.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.

The Texas Association of Tax Assessor-collectors provided information for
the local impact of the bill.  It is anticipated that medium and large
counties would experience very little, if any, fiscal impact; small
counties, however, that do not already have equipment or software for
accepting digital transmissions would experience a negative fiscal
impact, ranging from $20 to $30 per month for fax and/or Internet
service, plus an initial capital outlay of under $1,000 for fax machines
and/or personal computers.
  
  
Source Agencies:   307   Secretary of State
LBB Staff:         JK, TB, SK, DB