LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
April 21, 1997
TO: Honorable Robert Junell, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 1898, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
Committee on Appropriations By: Ratliff
House
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1898 ( relating
to making emergency appropriations) this office has detemined
the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1898-Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net
negative impact of $(4,775,000) 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
out of out of out of
General Federal Clean Air
Revenue Fund Funds for Account/
Temporary GR-Dedicated
Assistance
to Needy
Families
0001 8032 0151
1997 $10,975,000 $3,517,300 $11,000,000
1998 0 0 0
1999 0 0 0
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would make appropriations to various state agencies.
Section
1 would appropriate $3,517,300 to the Department of Human Services
from federal funds for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.
Section 2 would appropriate $275,000 out of the General
Revenue Fund to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
for the Pre-freshman Engineering program.
Section 3 would
allow the Department of Criminal Justice to use $653,211 of
existing bond appropriations for the settlement of a claim.
Section
4 would 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.
Section
5 would appropriate $300,000 from the General Revenue Fund to
Texas A&M at Galveston for restoration of its small boat basin.
Section
6 would appropriate $11,000,000 from the Clean Air Account #
151 to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission for
payment to MARTA Technologies.
Methodolgy
The estimate assumes that Texas Southern University will receive
$6.2 million in federal funds that are subject to the refund
provision in Section 4 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
estimates assume the bill will have immediate effect.
The probable fiscal implications of implementing the provisions
of the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Six Year Impact:
Fiscal Year Probable Probable Probable Probable Revenue
Savings/(Cost) Savings/(Cost) Savings/(Cost) Gain/(Loss) of
from General from Clean Air from Federal Funds Federal Funds
Revenue Fund Account/ for Temporary
GR-Dedicated Assistance
to
Needy Families
0001 0151 8032 8032
1997 ($10,975,000) ($11,000,000) ($3,517,300) $3,517,300
1997 4,650,000 0 0 0
1999 1,550,000 0 0 0
2000 0 0 0 0
2001 0 0 0 0
2002 0 0 0 0
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
1997 ($10,975,000)
1998 4,650,000
1999 1,550,000
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: RR ,RS