LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 9, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Frank Madla, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Intergovernmental Relations
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB630  by Carona (Relating to authorizing counties to
               establish a county purchasing credit card program.), As
               Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would authorize counties to establish a purchasing credit card
program for use in making purchases of one or more items that would
require an expenditure of less than $25,000. The Texas Association of
Counties was contacted regarding the fiscal impact to counties. There
would be a savings in the cost for processing purchases that would meet
the credit card program criteria.

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DB