TO:	Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB3718 by Spitzer (Relating to the possible use of certain state-owned land for border security.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

The bill would require the General Land Office (GLO) to evaluate the possible use of state-owned land within 25 miles of the Texas-Mexico border or inside the cattle fever tick permanent quarantine line for purposes of border security. GLO would be required to complete the study no later than September 1, 2016. GLO indicates that it can implement bill provisions within the agency's existing resources.

Local Government Impact

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