LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
April 10, 1997
TO: Honorable Irma Rangel, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 2010, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Committee on Higher Education By: Wilson
House
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2010 ( Relating
to restrictions on the extension of athletic scholarships or
similar financial assistance at public institutions of higher
education.) this office has detemined the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2010-Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would authorize an institution of higher education
from awarding a scholarship, grant, or other financial assistance
funded by state revenue to a student on the basis of his or
her status as a student athlete if the student athlete met certain
grade point average levels. The act would take affect on September
1, 1997 and apply only to scholarships or financial aid awarded
after that date.
It is assumed for the purposes of this
fiscal note that the term state revenue applies only to those
funds that are required by law to be deposited into the State
Treasury. Because of restrictions included in the General Appropriations
Act, Article III Special Provisions, related to intercollegiate
athletic programs and athletic scholarships, the provisions
of this bill would have no fiscal impact.
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source: Agencies: 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
308 State Auditor's Office
720 University of Texas System Administration
710 Texas A&M University System
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