LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 23, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Ron Wilson, Chair, House Committee on Licensing
               & Administrative Procedures
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1222  by Truitt (Relating to certain local option
               elections under the Alcoholic Beverage Code.), Committee
               Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would authorize an incorporated city or town that meets certain
criteria and has a population of less than 35,000 that is located in two
counties, both of which have a population between 400,000 and 1.75
million, and one of the counties contains a city or town with a
population of 400,000 or more, to hold a local option election regarding
the sale of wine for off-premise consumption only.

An eligible city or town would incur the costs of the local option
election.  Based on a sampling of calendar year 2000 election per voter
costs reported by the Secretary of State, the cost of the election would
be approximately $0.91 per registered voter.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, JO, DB