LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
May 31, 1997
TO: Honorable Bob Bullock Honorable James E. "Pete" Laney
Lieutenant Governor Speaker of the House
Senate
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1898 ( relating
to making appropriations) this office has detemined the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1898-Conference Committee Report
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net
negative impact of $(125,340,681) to General Revenue Related
Funds through the biennium ending August 31, 1999.
Appropriations:
The bill would appropriate the following amounts:
Fiscal Year Appropriation Appropriation Appropriation Appropriation Appropriation Appropriation
out of the out of out of out of out of out of
General Federal Clean Air Petroleum Hazardous Waste Tire
Revenue Fund Funds for Account/ Storage and Solid Recycling
Temporary GR-Dedicated Tank Waste Account/
Assistance Remediation Remediation GR-Dedicated
to Needy Account/ Fees
Families GR-Dedicated Account/
GR-Dedicated
0001 8032 0151 0655 0550 5001
1997 $22,975,000 $3,517,300 $41,300,000 $30,000,000 $15,240,567 $9,065,460
1998 8,858,459 0 0 0 5,240,567 0
1999 6,360,628 0 0 0 0 0
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would make appropriations to various state agencies
from various revenue sources.
The bill would do the following:
1)
Appropriate $3,517,300 to the Department of Human Services from
federal funds for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families for
the current biennium;
2) Appropriate $275,000 out of the
General Revenue Fund to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board to fund the pre-freshman engineering program for the current
biennium;
3) Allow the Department of Criminal Justice to
use $653,211 of existing bond appropriations for the settlement
of a claim;
4) Appropriate $10,400,000 from the General Revenue
Fund to Texas Southern University to fund existing obligations.
This appropriation is subject to the condition that the university
refund to the General Revenue Fund any federal payments related
to the obligations addressed by this appropriation;
5) Appropriate
$300,000 from the General Revenue Fund to Texas A&M at Galveston
for restoration of its small boat basin;
6) Appropriate $11,000,000
from the Clean Air Account to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation
Commission for payment to MARTA Technologies;
7) Appropriate
$9,065,460 from the Waste Tire Recycling Account to Texas Natural
Resource Conservation Commission and (if the account expires
as provided under current law) transfer the remaining unobligated
balance in the Waste Tire Recycling Account to the General Revenue
Fund;
8) Appropriate $1,250,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$1,250,000 for fiscal year 1999 from the General Revenue Fund
to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating to fund centers for
teacher education;
9) Re-appropriate to Sul Ross University
unexpended balances from 1996-97 appropriations for construction
of a student center;
10) Appropriate $5,000,000 for fiscal
year 1998 and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 from the General
Revenue Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Board for
tuition assistance grants;
11) Prohibit expenditure of $5,000,000
of funds appropriated to the Texas Education Agency for the
strategy "Accountability System" for the 1996-97 biennium;
12)
Require the Texas Education Agency to expend all 1996-97 appropriations
for Strategy A.I.2. for textbooks and prohibit use of Available
School Fund, Textbook Fund, or Foundation School Fund 1996-97
appropriations for a technology allotments in excess of $30
per student;
13) Appropriate $70,000,000 to the Comptroller
for the payment of claims to Tejas Testing. The source of the
funding would be as follows: $30,000,000 from the Clean Air
Account, $30,000,000 from the Petroleum Storage Tank Remediation
Account, and $10,000,000 from the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Remediation Account. This appropriation would be contingent
on the execution of a release related to settlement of claims;
14) Appropriate $300,000 from the Clean Air Account to
the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission for payment
of legal counsel;
15) Appropriate from the Hazardous and
Solid Waste Remediation Fee Account to the Texas Natural Resources
Conservation Commission for payment of claims $5,240,567 for
the one-year period beginning with the effective date of the
bill and $5,240,567 for the one-year period beginning on the
anniversary of the bill;
16) Authorize $33,684,778 of amounts
appropriated to Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
in the General Appropriations Act for the 1998-99 biennium to
be used for payment of claims;
17) Appropriate to the Comptroller
of Public Accounts, $10,000,000 for the current biennium from
the General Revenue Fund for the payment of claims to Tejas
operating contractors;
18) Appropriate $2,500,000 for the
1998-99 biennium from the General Revenue Fund to the Board
of Regents of Texas A&M System for scholarships for needy students;
19)
Appropriate $2,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the
Office of the Governor for providing disaster relief for the
two-year period beginning with the effective date of the bill;
20)
Make a contingent appropriation to the Department of Health
of $300,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $300,000 in fiscal year
1999 out of the revenue collected pursuant to Senate Bill 1857;
21)
Make a contingent appropriation to the Department of Health
of $420,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $420,000 in fiscal year
1999 out of the revenue collected pursuant to Senate Bill 1875;
22)
Appropriate $108,459 for fiscal year 1998 and $110,628 for fiscal
year 1999 to Lamar University - Port Arthur from the General
Revenue Fund for employee health insurance;
23) Make various
technical and contingent changes to House Bill 1, the General
Appropriations Act, and require that House Bill 1 recaps and
totals be updated to reflect the changes made in this bill.
Methodolgy
The estimate assumes that Texas Southern University will receive
$6.2 million in federal funds that are subject to the refund
provision of the bill. Estimates of the federal reimbursement
were based on information provided to the Comptroller of Public
Accounts by the State Auditor's office.
The cost shown
below are based on the estimate provided by the Comptroller
of Public Accounts. The Comptroller has indicated that the
appropriations from general revenue dedicated accounts would
reduce existing balances in those accounts and therefore reduce
the amount available for certification from the general revenue
fund for the 1998-99 biennium. There will be no additional
certification charge by the Comptroller for the authorization
for TNRCC to use $33.7 million of 1998-99 authority from the
General Appropriations Act for the payment of claims.
The
first $5,240,567 annual appropriation from the Solid and Hazardous
Waste Account to TNRCC would take effect in fiscal year 1997,
and the second $5,240,567 appropriation would take effect in
fiscal year 1998. It is assumed that the actual expenditure
of these appropriations will occur in 1998-99. The estimates
assume the bill will have immediate effect.
The contingent
appropriations to the Health Department of receipts from Senate
Bill 1857 and House Bill 1875 are not shown in the appropriations
table. The appropriations are related to receipt of additional
revenue and thus will not result in a certification cost.
The probable fiscal implications of implementing
the provisions of the bill during each of the first six years
following passage is estimated as follows:
Six Year Impact:
Fiscal Year Probable Probable Probable Probable
Savings/(Cost) Savings/(Cost) Savings/(Cost) Savings/(Cost)
from General from the Clean from the from Hazardous
Revenue Fund Air Account/ Petroleum and Solid Waste
GR-Dedicated Storage Tank Remediation Fees
Remediation Account/
Account/ GR-Dedicated
GR-Dedicated
0001 0001 0001 0001
1997 ($17,975,000) ($41,300,000) ($30,000,000) ($10,000,000)
1997 (1,708,459) 0 0 (5,240,567)
1999 (4,810,628) 0 0 (5,240,567)
2000 0 0 0 0
2001 0 0 0 0
2002 0 0 0 0
Fiscal Year Probable Probable Probable Revenue
Savings/(Cost) Savings/(Cost) Gain/(Loss) from
from Waste Tire from Federal Federal Funds
Recycling Funds for for Temporary
Account/ Temporary Assistance to
GR-Dedicated Assistance to Needy Families
Needy Families
0001 8032 8032
1997 $0 ($3,517,300) $3,517,300
1998 (9,065,460) 0 0
1999 0 0 0
2000 0 0 0
2001 0 0 0
2002 0 0 0
Net Impact on General Revenue Related Funds:
Fiscal Year Probable Net Postive/(Negative)
General Revenue Related Funds
Funds
1997 ($99,275,000)
1998 (16,014,486)
1999 (10,051,195)
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source: Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: JK ,RR ,RS