LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 12, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, House Committee on County
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2617  by Solis, Jim (Relating to authorizing counties
               to enact ordinances to protect the public health, safety,
               or welfare; providing a penalty.), 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 counties to enact ordinances to protect the
public health, safety, or welfare. A violation of the ordinances would be
a Class C misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class B misdemeanor
for a subsequent conviction. The county could receive injunctive relief
to prevent a violation or threatened violation. If an ordinance were to
conflict with a municipal ordinance in a municipality within the county,
the municipal ordinance would prevail within the municipality.

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