LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 25, 2005

TO:	Honorable Kenneth Armbrister, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1854 by Lucio (Relating to the boundaries of and prohibited acts in the Nine-Mile Hole State Scientific Area; providing a penalty.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would establish Nine-Mile Hole as a State Scientific Area and would prohibit operation of airboats, jet-boats, or any propeller-driven vessels in the area except under certain conditions. Because TPWD indicates the bill would codify existing administrative rules regarding the boundaries and prohibited activities within the  Nine-Mile Hole area, it is assumed that the bill if adopted could be absorbed within existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

802 Parks and Wildlife Department

LBB Staff:

JOB, WK, ZS, TB