LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 12, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, House Committee on County
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HJR89  by Eiland (Proposing a constitutional amendment
               allowing a county to construct, maintain, or improve in
               the county any street, road, or highway of a city, town,
               or village.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated, other than the     *
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*  The cost to the state for publication of the resolution is $80,000.   *
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The joint resolution would allow a county to use any available funds,
including the funds from bonds or other authorized debt, to construct,
maintain, or improve any street, road, or highway of a city.

This proposed constitutional amendment would be submitted to the voters
at an election to be held on November 6, 2001.
  
Local Government Impact
  
The fiscal impact to a county would vary and depend on how much road
construction, maintenance, or improvement a county would choose to
perform.  It is anticipated that a county would only assume projects for
which funding would be available.  Cities, towns, and villages in which
a county agrees to construct, maintain, or improve roads with county
funds would experience a savings in road expenses, which could be
significant.
  
  
Source Agencies:   307   Secretary of State, 304   Comptroller of Public
                   Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, DB