LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 13, 2009

TO:	Honorable Yvonne Davis, Chair, House Committee on Urban Affairs
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2350 by Bohac (Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to require trust accounts for certain commercial buildings; providing a criminal penalty.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would add Subchapter I to Chapter 214, Local Government Code, to authorize officials in certain municipalities to issue a trust order in writing to the owner of a commercial building to establish a trust account for the building if the official finds that the building in not in compliance with the International Building Code as that code may have been amended by the municipality and constitutes an immediate hazare to human life or to property. The bill specifies the requirements for establishing, maintaining, using, and closing a trust account.

Local Government Impact

Based on the applicability criteria within the bill, it would apply only to municipalities located within Harris County.

Because the bill would not have statewide impact on units of local government of the same type or class, no comment from this office is required by the rules of the House/Senate as to its probable fiscal implication on units of local government.

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LBB Staff:

JOB, DB