LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

February 21, 2003

TO:	Honorable Anna Mowery, Chair, House Committee on Land & Resource Management
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB649 by Keffer, Jim (Relating to creating an interagency work group on rural issues.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The provisions of the bill adds eleven agency representatives to the current twelve to discuss rural issues. It also requires  that each representative provide information showing the impact each agency has on rural communities for use in developing rural policy and compiling an annual report. The provisions of the bill also creates an interagency workgroup allowing agencies to work together on rural community issues at the call of the Executive Director of the Office of Rural Community Affairs.

It is assumed that some additional travel costs would be incurred for some of the added eleven agencies but it is not anticipated to be significant.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:	354 Texas Aerospace Commission, 357 Office Of Rural Community Affairs, 367 Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board, 473 Public Utility Commission Of Texas, 808 Historical Commission
LBB Staff:	JK, CL, RT, DE, KG