LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
TAX/FEE EQUITY NOTE
 
79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 28, 2005

TO:
Honorable Jim Keffer, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means
 
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HJR41 by Casteel (Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the state from reducing the proportion of the costs paid by the state for a function imposed by the state on political subdivisions; from requiring political subdivisions to perform a new function or to perform an existing function in a more costly way unless the state pays for the new or additional costs; and from otherwise adopting a law that requires the expenditure of money by a political subdivision for any purpose unless state funding for the purpose is provided.), As Introduced

Because the bill would not create or impact a state tax or fee, no comment from this office is required by the rules of the House as to the general effects of the proposal on the distribution of tax and fee burdens among individuals and businesses.



Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:
JOB, SJS