LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 31, 2003

TO:	Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Tom Craddick, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1782 by Lindsay (Relating to the precedence of highway access rules and ordinances of certain counties and municipalities over highway access management orders of the Texas Transportation Commission. ), Conference Committee Report

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Based on the analysis of TXDOT, the provisions of the bill would have no fiscal impact to the state.

The bill would take effect immediately upon receiving a two-thirds majority vote in both houses; otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2003.

Local Government Impact

The counties that would be affected by the provisions of the bill would be Harris and the surrounding counties: Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller. Harris and a sampling of the surrounding counties were contacted and indicated that implementation of the bill would have little or no fiscal impact on those counties.

Source Agencies:

601 Department of Transportation

LBB Staff:

JK, RR, MW, RT, DE, DLBa