LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 14, 2005

TO:	Honorable Robert Puente, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1208 by Gattis (Relating to a limitation on the use of eminent domain by municipal utility districts. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Water Code to prohibit a municipal utility district from exercising the power of eminent domain out side the district boundaries to acquire a site for certain water and recreational facilities and for a trail on real property designated as a homestead.

The bill would take effect immediately if it receives the required two-thirds vote in each house; otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2005. Provisions of the bill would apply only to an act of eminent domain intiated on or after the effective date.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

LBB Staff:

JOB, WK, DLBa