LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 16, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Bill G. Carter, Chair, House Committee on Urban
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB617  by Puente (Relating to the use of neighborhood
               associations in the enforcement of certain municipal
               health and safety ordinances.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would allow municipalities to institute a program to use
volunteers from a neighborhood association to help enforce certain
municipal health and safety ordinances, except those that relate to the
National Electrical Safety Code or to the operations of a utility, in the
association's neighborhood. The municipality would establish a training
program for the volunteers. Neither the municipality nor the state would
be held liable for any damage arising from an act or omission of a
volunteer trained by the municipality.

The cities of Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Houston, San Angelo, and
San Antonio were contacted regarding the local fiscal impact of the bill.


No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DB