LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
May 6, 1997
TO: Honorable Keith Oakley, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 3604
Committee on Public Safety By: Oakley
House
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB3604 ( Relating
to the abolition of the Texas Board of Private Investigators
and Private Security Agencies and the transfer of the functions
of that agency to the State Board of Security Agencies.) this
office has detemined the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB3604-As Introduced
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net
negative impact of $(10,544,000) 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.
Fiscal Analysis
This bill would abolish the Texas Board of Private Investigators
and Private Security Agencies and transfer the functions of
that agency to a new State Board of Security Agencies (Board).
The transfer of the obligations, property, rights, powers,
and duties of the Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private
Security Agencies must be completed within 30 days of the effective
date of the bill.
All money paid to the board, except for
fines, would be deposited to a new dedicated account in the
general revenue fund and may be used for the administration
of the bill's provisions. Fines would continue to be deposited
in general revenue. Currently, both fines and fees are deposited
in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund.
Methodolgy
This bill would create a new dedicated account in the General
Revenue Fund and a new dedicated revenue source in the State
Treasury. The bill would dedicate fee revenue that currently
is deposited in the undedicated portion of the General Revenue
Fund. Unexpended funds from existing appropriations to the
Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies
would be transferred to the State Board of Security Agencies.
This estimate assumes the board would continue to collect the
same amount of revenue. Money collected from fines would continue
to be deposited in the General Revenue Fund.
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 Revenue Probable Revenue
Gain/(Loss) from Gain/(Loss) from
General Revenue New GR-Dedicated
Fund Account -
0001 8021
1998 ($5,272,000) $5,272,000
1998 (5,272,000) 5,272,000
2000 (5,272,000) 5,272,000
2001 (5,272,000) 5,272,000
2002 (5,272,000) 5,272,000
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 ($5,272,000)
1999 (5,272,000)
2000 (5,272,000)
2001 (5,272,000)
2002 (5,272,000)
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: Agencies: 467 Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: JK ,CB ,AM