LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 23, 2007

TO:	Honorable Kino Flores, Chair, House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1469 by Geren (Relating to local regulation of distance requirements for businesses selling alcoholic beverages near a public school.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Local Government Impact

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

The bill would authorize all school district boards of trustees to petition the commissioners court of the county in which the district is located or the governing board of an incorporated city or town in which the district is located to adopt a 1,000-foot zone under Section 109.33, Alcoholic Beverage Code.  Current law provides the same authority to the boards of trustees of school districts that have a majority of the area of the district located in a municipality with a population of at least 900,000.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

JOB, JRO, JSp