LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                                May 1, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable J.E. "Buster" Brown, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Natural Resources
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2793  by Eiland (Relating to the share of the cost of a
               coastal erosion response study or project required to be
               paid by a qualified project partner under an agreement
               with the commissioner of the General Land Office.), As
               Engrossed
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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According to the General Land Office (GLO), there will be no significant
fiscal impact to the state should the bill pass. GLO estimates that
passage of the bill may reduce the total number of projects funded due
to the increase in the percentage of state funds used for each project.
  
Local Government Impact
  
Local government officials with Galveston county and the
Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments indicated that this bill
would be a savings for coastal counties.  The bill would provide a 10%
reduction in costs associated with coastal erosion.
  
  
Source Agencies:   305   General Land Office
LBB Staff:         JK, CL, JC, DW