LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 12, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Steven Wolens, Chair, House Committee on State
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB670  by Wilson (Relating to a prohibition against
               naming a tax-supported public facility after a business
               entity.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
Making the assumption that tax-supported public facilities that already
bear the name of a business entity, the Harris County Sports Authority
estimates removing the name from Enron Field would cost approximately
$500,000. In order to change the name of other applicable facilities in
Harris County, the sports authority estimates an additional cost of
$250,000. Still in the planning stages, and in which the county has an
agreement with Reliant Energy, is a football stadium and a convention
complex to be named after Reliant. The county anticipates a major revenue
loss under the provisions of the bill.

The City of Dallas is in the construction phase of a sports arena to be
named the American Airlines Arena.  American Airlines paid Dallas $6.5
million to name the facility after the business and for other forms of
advertising. Dallas would lose $6.5 million for this one project under
the provisions of the bill.

Both cities indicated the provisions of the bill would result in the loss
of large amounts of revenue, including the possibility of being unable
to undertake some future projects.
  
  
Source Agencies:   455   Railroad Commission of Texas, 601   Texas
                   Department of Transportation, 303   General Services
                   Commission, 781   Texas Higher Education
                   Coordinating Board
LBB Staff:         JK, RB, GS, MF, DB