LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 22, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Bob Turner, Chair, House Committee on Public
               Safety
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1396  by Geren (Relating to the authority of an
               emergency communication district to provide emergency
               siren warning service.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would authorize an emergency communication district to provide
an emergency siren warning service. A district that chooses to implement
a warning service would be allowed to charge fees sufficient to cover
the costs of implementing and operating the system.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   477   Commission on State Emergency Communications
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, DB