LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 16, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Steven Wolens, Chair, House Committee on State
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB876  by West, George "Buddy" (Relating to a notice
               given to a legislator before a state agency releases
               information to the news media.), 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.
  
  
Source Agencies:   507   Board of Nurse Examiners, 504   State Board of
                   Dental Examiners, 502   State Board of Barber
                   Examiners , 511   Board of Vocational Nurse
                   Examiners, 503   Texas State Board of Medical
                   Examiners, 582   Texas Natural Resource Conservation
                   Commission, 802   Texas Parks and Wildlife
                   Department, 302   Office of the Attorney General,
                   480   Department of Economic Development, 655   TX
                   Dept. of Mental Health & Mental Retardation, 307
                   Secretary of State, 505   Texas Cosmetology
                   Commission
LBB Staff:         JK, RB, RT