LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 15, 2003

TO:	Honorable Anna Mowery, Chair, House Committee on Land & Resource Management
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB584 by Lewis (Relating to the transfer of an area from the extraterritorial jurisdiction of one general-law municipality to that of another general-law municipality and to the municipal annexation of the area.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would authorize a general-law municipality to transfer certain areas within the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) to another general-law municipality if certain conditions exist and if the owners of real property in the ETJ file a petition requesting the second municipality to accept a transfer of the area into its ETJ. After an ETJ is transferred, the receiving municipality would be allowed to annex the area.

The process of transferring an area from one ETJ to another would amount to minimal administrative costs. If the municipality to which the area was transferred were to annex the area, the municipality would experience the usual fiscal impact associated with annexation.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:	JK, CL, DLBa