LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 5, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, House Committee on County
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1148  by Cook (Relating to notice of proposed
               construction sent to the county commissioners court and
               others regarding, and the marking, location, and removal
               of certain wireless communication facilities.),
               Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would require a person wishing to construct, transfer ownership,
or remove a wireless communication facility to file various notices in
advance of construction with the county clerk, public airports located
within three miles of the proposed facility, the Texas Department of
Agriculture, and either each owner of land within two miles of the
proposed location or in a newspaper of general circulation in the
county.  The Texas Department of Agriculture would, in turn, be required
to notify the boll weevil eradication foundation.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DB