LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 9, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Frank Madla, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Intergovernmental Relations
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB1398  by Fraser (Relating to the authority of the
               governing body of a municipality to change previously
               adopted zoning regulations.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would prohibit a municipality from changing a previously enacted
zoning regulation affecting a property unless the property owner waives
any right to object or fails to file a written objection within 90 days
after receiving notice of the proposed change, or if the governing body
compensates the property owner.

Based on responses from a sampling of cities, if the property owner
waives the right to object or does not submit a written objection in the
allotted timeframe, the fiscal impact to municipalities would be
insignificant.  If the municipality has to compensate the property owner
for the diminution in value resulting from the change in zoning, the
fiscal impact could have the potential of costing the municipality a
significant amount of money.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DB