LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session April 17, 1997 TO: Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 963, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Committee on Education By: Shapiro Senate Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB963 ( Relating to the testing of natural gas piping systems in school district facilities.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB963-Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. Fiscal implications to units of local government are described below. Fiscal Analysis The bill would require school districts to perform pressure tests of natural gas piping systems before the beginning of each odd-numbered school year. The bill would require school districts to provide notice of the date and result of each pressure test to the company supplying natural gas to the district. The Railroad Commission staff would be required, upon request of a school district, to assist in developing procedures for testing. Methodology It is estimated that costs to local school districts to perform such tests would be between $250-500 per facility. The Texas Education Agency estimates that there are 6,932 school district campuses that would be required to conduct the test. Fiscal Implications The estimated cost for all school districts combined to conduct the testing required by the bill would range between $1,733,000 and $3,466,000 per year. Costs to individual school districts would depend upon the number of facilities and current market rate for qualified individual to perform the tests. Fiscal implications would continue as long as the provisions of the bill are in effect. Source: Agencies: 701 Texas Education Agency - Administration 455 Railroad Commission LBB Staff: JK ,LP ,DH