LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                               May 16, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Rene Oliveira, Chair, House Committee on Ways &
               Means
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB944  by Van de Putte (Relating to the contracting
               authority of certain hospital districts to enter into or
               modify a tax abatement agreement.), Committee Report 2nd
               House, as amended
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to prohibit the hospital
districts in Bexar, El Paso, and Nueces counties from entering into tax
abatement agreements on or after September 1, 2001.  The prohibition
would extend to amendments to pre-September 1, 2001 abatement
agreements. 
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, SD, DB