LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
April 14, 1997
TO: Honorable Bob Hunter, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 2087
Committee on State, Federal & International Relations By: Raymond
House
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2087 ( Relating
to directing the Texas Veterans Commission to determine the
need for establishing state cemeteries for veterans.) this office
has detemined the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2087-As Introduced
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net
negative impact of $(50,000) to General Revenue Related Funds
through the biennium ending August 31, 1999.
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 require the Veterans Commission
to contract with a "qualified consulting firm" to study the
need for and the feasibility of establishing a system of state
cemeteries for veterans.
Fiscal Analysis
The study of the need for and feasibility of establishing a
system of state cemeteries for veterans would require the consideration
of the existence of any federal cemeteries for veterans in the
state and the existence of any county cemeteries for veterans
established under Section 713.029, Health and Safety Code.
The study would also be required to consider whether any state-owned
land is suitable for the establishment of a veterans cemetery
and the extent to which federal money is available to pay for
part of the construction cost of state veterans cemeteries.
The Veterans Commission would be required to present written
findings of the study to the Governor and the presiding officer
of each house of the Legislature before December 1, 1999.
Methodolgy
The bill would require the Veterans Commission to enter into
a contract to study the need for and feasibility of establishing
a system of state cemeteries for veterans only if the Legislature
appropriates money for that purpose. If the Legislature did
not appropriate money for the contract, the Commission "may
use" available resources to conduct its own study of the issue.
The probable fiscal implications of implementing the provisions
of the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Five Year Impact:
Fiscal Year Probable
Savings/(Cost)
from General
Revenue Fund
0001
1998 ($50,000)
1998 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
Net Impact on General Revenue Related Funds:
The probable fiscal implication to General Revenue related funds
during each of the first five years is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Year Probable Net Postive/(Negative)
General Revenue Related Funds
Funds
1998 ($50,000)
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source: Agencies: 403 Veterans Commission
LBB Staff: JK ,TH ,JC