LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  May 10, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Bill Ratliff, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 2214, Committee Report 2nd House, 
as amended
          Committee on Finance                              By: Delisi
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2214 ( relating 
to fees for correspondence courses for certain veterans and 
the children of certain veterans) this office has detemined 
the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2214-Committee Report 2nd House, as amended
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as 
the provisions of the bill are in effect.

The bill would 
exempt certain Texas veterans and their dependents as defined 
by the Education Code Section 54.203 (a) and (b) from tuition 
and fees associated with continuing education courses if the 
exemption would not result in increased costs to other students 
or decrease availability of correspondence courses.

Because 
continuing education courses receive no formula funding and 
are not supported by general revenue, the bill would have no 
impact on general revenue or the State.   

However, continuing 
education courses are required to be self-supporting. The bill 
would reduce funds available to institutions to support continuing 
education courses by exempting certain veterans and their dependents 
from tuition and fee charges, but would not impact other students 
enrolled in continuing education courses.
          
Community college districts would probably experience some loss 
in tuition and fee income.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,RR ,LD