LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 1, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, House Committee on County
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2212  by Farabee (Relating to the certification of
               certain revenue received by a county after the fiscal
               year begins.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would amend the Local Government Code to allow the county
auditor, or the county judge in a county that does not have a county
auditor, to certify to the commissioners court the receipt of revenue
received on or after the first day of the fiscal year that is available
for disbursement in that fiscal year, but not received before the budget
was adopted. Upon certification, the commissioners court would be allowed
to adopt a special budget for the limited purpose of spending the
revenue. The bill would take effect September 1, 2001.  Counties would
incur only minimal administrative costs if they were to choose to take
the actions allowed under the proposed provisions of the bill.


No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DB