LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
March 6, 1995
TO: Honorable Rene O. Oliveira, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 1341
Committee on Economic Development By: Stiles
House of Representatives
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1341 (relating to the operation and funding of the Work and
Family Policies Clearinghouse) this office has determined the
following:
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
The bill would amend the Texas Health and Safety Code, the Local
Government Code and the Labor Code in order to increase funding
and add a grant program to the Work and Family Policies
Clearinghouse Program of the Texas Employment Commission. It
would increase the level of program funding by establishing a $2
fee that a local registrar or county clerk may charge for a
certified copy of a birth certificate. The bill would allow
counties to keep $.20 of the fee for administrative costs and
deposit the remaining $1.80 in the state treasury to the credit
of the Work and Family Policies Fund. The funds would be used to
establish a grant component within the Work and Family Policies
Clearinghouse Program. The grants would provide funds to public
and private persons to conduct demonstration dependent care
projects.
The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Probable Cost Out Probable Revenue Probable Revenue
Year of Gain to Gain
GR Consolidated GR Consolidated to Units of
Work and Family Work and Family Local Government
Policies Fund 147 Policies Fund 147
1996 $540,000 $540,000 $60,000
1997 540,000 540,000 60,000
1998 540,000 540,000 60,000
1999 540,000 540,000 60,000
2000 540,000 540,000 60,000
Fiscal Change in
Year Number of State
Employees from
FY 1995
1996 3.5
1997 3.5
1998 3.5
1999 3.5
2000 3.5
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
Source: Texas Employment Commission
LBB Staff: JK, CG, RR