LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 6, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, House Committee on County
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1735  by Allen (Relating to authorizing certain nature
               centers in certain counties to charge admission fees.),
               As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would authorize a not-for-profit entity that maintains county
and municipal park property abutting property that is owned by the entity
and operated as a nature center to charge an admission fee for entrance
onto or use of the county and municipal property and would set the fees
at no more than $3 a day for adults and $1 a day for children. The bill
would only affect the cities of Dallas and Houston and the respective
counties of Dallas and Harris.

The City of Dallas stated that under the provisions of the bill, they
would experience a revenue gain of between $10,000 and $50,000 a year.
The City of Houston said that if they were to charge an admission fee to
their nature center, they would experience a revenue gain of $465,000
annually.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DB