LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 25, 2007

TO:
Honorable Anna Mowery, Chair, House Committee on Land & Resource Management
 
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB1495 by Callegari (Relating to a bill of rights for property owners whose property  may be acquired by governmental or private entities through the use of eminent domain authority. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend statute and require the Attorney General to prepare a written statement labeled "Landowner’s Bill of Rights" to Landowners involved in the eminent domain process and make the statement available on the agency’s website. It is assumed that any costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing state resources.

Local Government Impact

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


Source Agencies:
302 Office of the Attorney General
LBB Staff:
JOB, WK, JM, KJG