LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 18, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Patricia Gray, Chair, House Committee on Public
               Health
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB531  by Nelson (Relating to requiring the Texas
               Department of Health in consultation with the General
               Services Commission to study the cost and feasibility of
               installing automated external defibrillators in state
               buildings.), As Engrossed
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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It is assumed that any administrative cost the Department of Health would
incur in implementing the provisions of the bill would be absorbed
within the agency's existing resources.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   303   General Services Commission, 501   Texas
                   Department of Health
LBB Staff:         JK, SD, RB, RM