LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 28, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Steven Wolens, Chair, House Committee on State
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB838  by Hinojosa (Relating to the application of the
               open meetings law and the public information law to the
               governing body of an economic development corporation.),
               As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would apply open meeting and public information laws to the
governing bodies of economic development corporations that receive
public funds and are not already covered by the Development Corporation
Act of 1979.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   480   Department of Economic Development, 304
                   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, DB