LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 18, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Clyde Alexander, Chair, House Committee on
               Transportation
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB545  by Brown, J. E. "Buster" (Relating to the venue
               for a suit to recover damages to a road or highway caused
               by operating an overweight vehicle and transporting
               oversize or overweight commodities.), As Engrossed
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would alter the venues for a suit by a county to recover damages
to a road or highway caused by oversize or overweight commodities.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, RB