LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 3, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, House Committee on County
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB3481  by Eiland (Relating to counties authorized to
               create coastal county conservation districts.), As
               Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would authorize the creation of a coastal county conservation
district in a county that borders the Gulf of Mexico and has a beach
parks board.  Provisions of the bill would allow for secure bond
initiatives as well as local tax assessments to support projects such as
sea walls, shore renourishment, sand dune protection, vegetation
stabilization, and erosion abatement.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   582   Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission,
                   305   General Land Office
LBB Staff:         JK, DB, JC, TL