LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 30, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Gary Walker, Chair, House Committee on Land &
               Resource Management
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2951  by Walker (Relating to the issuance of local
               permits for land development projects.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would add the subdivision of land for development to the
definition of project for purposes related to issuing permits for land
development. Under the provisions of the bill, a change in the specific
use of all or a portion of the land within a preliminary plat, final
plat, preliminary plan, site plan, or planned unit development would not
be considered a new project requiring one or more additional permits if
the new use would be permitted by right or under special conditions or
approval under the land use regulations.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, CL, DB