LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
March 22, 1995
TO: Honorable Chris Harris, Chair IN RE: Senate BillNo. 1070
Committee on Administration By: Harris, Chris
Senate
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1070 (Relating to legislative space needs and space management.)
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 designate the Sam Houston and John H. Reagan
buildings for use by the legislature and legislative agencies.
The bill would, upon written notice from presiding officers of
each respective house of the legislature to the General Services
Commission (GSC), designate the following four state office
buildings for legislative use:
Lorenzo de Zavala State Library and Archives Building,
Stephen F. Austin Building,
Lyndon B. Johnson Building, and the
William B. Travis Building.
The bill would remove authorization for the purchase of the Texas
Employment Commission Building and for the issuance of bonds for
that building.
The bill would also authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount
of $46,000,000 to construct a legislative serivces office
building. Annual debt service payments are estimated at $300,000
beginning in fiscal year 1997 and $4,370,000 each year thereafter
from the General Revenue Fund. Associated maintenace and
operations costs are estimated to begin in fiscal year 1999.
The bill would require that non-legislative state agencies, move
from the four buildings identified and move to other office
space. This would also require renovation of that space for the
legislative agencies and funds for moving and leased space for
the non-legislative agencies. The GSC estimates these costs to
be $40,300,000 the first year of the project and $14,650,000 each
year thereafter from general revenue funds. These costs are not
identified in the table below because moving dates cannot be
determined at this time.
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 Change in
Year of General Number of State
Revenue Fund 001 Employees from
FY 1995
1996 $0 .0
1997 300,000 .0
1998 4,370,000 .0
1999 5,095,000 .0
2000 5,795,000 .0
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source: General Services Commission
LBB Staff: JK, MS, DF