LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
April 17, 1997
TO: Honorable Bill Ratliff, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 1467
Committee on Finance By: Ellis
Senate
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1467 ( Relating
to student center fees at Texas Southern University.) this office
has detemined the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1467-As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would authorize the Board of Regents of Texas Southern
University to increase the student center fee charged to students
to finance, operate, maintain and improve a student center.
The fee could not exceed $35 for each semester of the long
session and could not exceed $17.50 for each summer session.
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 a majority of the student government.
If it is approved
by the students, it is assumed that Texas Southern University
would charge the maximum fee beginning in fiscal year 1998.
It is estimated that the student center fee increase would
generate approximately $617,000 in institutional funds each
year. These fees are auxiliary in nature and do not affect
the state supported educational and general operations of the
university. Therefore, there is no fiscal implication to the
state.
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source: Agencies: 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
LBB Staff: JK ,RR ,DB