LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 21, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Irma Rangel, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 850, As Engrossed
          Committee on Higher Education                              By: Luna, Gregory
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB850 ( Relating 
to the student union building fees at the University of Texas 
at San Antonio.) this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB850-As Engrossed
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
The bill would authorize the Board of Regents of The University 
of Texas System to increase the student union fee charged to 
students enrolled at The University of Texas at San Antonio 
to finance, operate, maintain, and improve a student union building. 
 The fee could not be less than $20 or more than $75 for each 
semester or summer session, assessed in proportion to the number 
of credit hours for which a student registers. The fee could 
not be increased by more than 10 percent in any academic year 
without approval by a majority vote of the students voting in 
a general student election called for this purpose or by a majority 
of the student government.

It is estimated that the student 
union fee increase would generate approximately $349,800 in 
institutional funds beginning in Fiscal Year 1998, increasing 
to $430,230 in Fiscal Year 1999 when the fee is estimated to 
increase an additional 10 percent.  These fees are auxiliary 
in nature and do not affect the state supported educational 
and general operations of the university.
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   720   University of Texas System Administration
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,RR ,DB