LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
May 6, 1999
TO: Honorable Bill Ratliff, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1341 by Gallego (relating to implementation of a Texas
courthouse preservation program), As Engrossed
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB1341, As Engrossed: negative impact of $(100,000,000) 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. *
* *
* The Conference Committee on the General Appropriations Act has *
* considered funding the Courthouse Preservation program at $25 *
* million per year. *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) *
* Impact to General Revenue Related *
* Funds *
* 2000 $(50,000,000) *
* 2001 (50,000,000) *
* 2002 (50,000,000) *
* 2003 (50,000,000) *
* 2004 (50,000,000) *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Probable Probable Change in *
* Year Savings/(Cost) Revenue Savings/(Cost) Number of State *
* from General Gain/(Loss) from New - GR Employees from *
* Revenue Fund from New - GR Dedicated FY 1999 *
* 0001 Dedicated *
* 2000 $(50,000,000) $50,000,000 $(50,000,000) 3.0 *
* 2001 (50,000,000) 50,000,000 (50,000,000) 5.0 *
* 2002 (50,000,000) 50,000,000 (50,000,000) 5.0 *
* 2003 (50,000,000) 50,000,000 (50,000,000) 5.0 *
* 2004 (50,000,000) 50,000,000 (50,000,000) 5.0 *
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Technology Impact
The Historical Commission would require additional computers and
associated building/design software to administer the historic
courthouse preservation program.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would require the Historical Commission (Commission) to
administer an historic courthouse preservation program and would
authorize the Commission to grant or loan money to preserve and restore
historic courthouses. The Commission would be required to adopt rules
necessary to implement the historic program, and to oversee and inspect
restoration projects. Administrative costs would be limited to one
percent of the biennial appropriations for the program.
The bill would create the Historic Courthouse Preservation Fund account,
a new dedicated account in the general revenue fund.
The Commission would be required to appoint members to a newly-created
advisory committee, the Texas Courthouse Preservation Advisory
Committee.
Methodology
This estimate assumes that the biennial appropriation for the program
would total $100,000,000. This would provide funds for approximately 50
projects in each year at an average cost per project of just under
$1,000,000, as well as administrative costs for the Commission of
approximately $500,000 per year.
Local Government Impact
It is expected that units of local government would benefit from
increased availability of grant and loan funding for courthouse
restoration/renovation projects.
Source Agencies: 808 Historical Commission, 304 Comptroller of
Public Accounts
LBB Staff: JK, BB, JH