LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
March 3, 1999
TO: Honorable Patricia Gray, Chair, House Committee on Public
Health
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB765 by Maxey (Relating to the processing of certain
fees by the Texas Department of Health.), As Introduced
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* Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB765, As *
* Introduced: positive impact of $57,000 through the biennium *
* ending August 31, 2001. *
* *
* The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal *
* basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of *
* the bill. *
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The bill would require the Department of Health to establish a system for
processing certain licensing fees that the department collects.
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) *
* Impact to General Revenue Related *
* Funds *
* 2000 $23,000 *
* 2001 34,000 *
* 2002 34,000 *
* 2003 34,000 *
* 2004 34,000 *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Savings/(Cost) from Change in Number of State *
* Year General Revenue Fund Employees from FY 1999 *
* 0001 *
* 2000 $23,000 (0.8) *
* 2001 34,000 (1.2) *
* 2002 34,000 (1.2) *
* 2003 34,000 (1.2) *
* 2004 34,000 (1.2) *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would require the Department of Health to reduce license fee
processing time for wholesale and manufactured food licenses and food
salvage licenses, to be reduced to 48 hours.
Methodology
The estimates assume that the department would convert fee processing for
these licenses to either lockboxes or 1-900 numbers to reduce processing
time to the maximum. The savings would come as a result of a reduction
in full-time equivalent positions in association with the transition to
lockboxes or a payment by phone mechanism. It is assumed that
transition costs to the Department of Health can be absorbed within
existing resources. Full-time equivalent position reductions and
associated savings have been adjusted in the first year for transition
time.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: JK, TP, KF