LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 6, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, House Committee on County
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1302  by Gray (Relating to the authority of certain
               counties to prohibit open fires on public beaches.), As
               Introduced
  
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*  No 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.

Costs for a county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico to implement an
ordinance prohibiting open fires on a beach in the unincorporated area
of the county would be incurred for creating and posting signs regarding
the ordinance at approximately $250 per sign. Enforcement costs would be
absorbed as part of the regular duties for enforcing ordinances.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DB