LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
April 9, 1999
TO: Honorable Gary Walker, Chair, House Committee on Land &
Resource Management
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB 2162 by Naishtat (Relating to public participation in
the development of certain state-owned real property.),
As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB2162, As Introduced: negative impact of $(650,640) 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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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) *
* Impact to General Revenue Related *
* Funds *
* 2000 $(325,320) *
* 2001 (325,320) *
* 2002 (325,320) *
* 2003 (325,320) *
* 2004 (325,320) *
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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 $(325,320) 5.0 *
* 2001 (325,320) 5.0 *
* 2002 (325,320) 5.0 *
* 2003 (325,320) 5.0 *
* 2004 (325,320) 5.0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would create a new process to increase local input for the
development of unused or underused state real property. The bill directs
the General Land Office (GLO) to prepare and issue an initial
stakeholder notification informing property owners associations, property
owners, business owners and residents in a zip code located within a
2-mile radius of the state property for which the GLO has proposed a real
estate transaction.
The GLO is directed to conduct at least two public hearings to allow
stakeholders to express their views on the proposal. These hearings must
be held at a location within the stakeholders' geographic area and may
be conducted by the GLO or by a private entity. The GLO is directed to
hold public hearings until the community vision statement acceptable to a
majority of stakeholders is developed. However, no more than 5 public
hearings on a particular transaction may be conducted.
If the Special Board of Review (Board) created to oversee a state agency
real estate transaction, determines that the community vision statement
is not detrimental to the state's interest, the Board is directed to
incorporate the statement into the development plan for the property.
If the Board determines that portions of a community vision statement
are detrimental to the state's interests, the Board shall provide its
reasons for finding a portion of the statement unacceptable. Copies of
these documents are to be provided to the parties to the transaction and
local governments.
Methodology
The bill would require notice of any property recommended for disposition
under Section 31.157 to be mailed to a list of stakeholders defined by
the bill. The GLO estimates that 47 state agency sites will be
recommended for a transaction each year and that 1000 individual notices
would be required for each proposal.
The public hearing phase of the stakeholder participation process is
expected to cost $163,000 annually. Of that total, $3,000 would be
required for materials related to the public hearing. The remaining
$160,000 would be needed to fund four new positions: an administrative
assistant, two junior land planners and a senior land planner. This
estimate is based on the maximum of 5 public hearings authorized by the
bill being required on 8 different properties. These positions would
also be necessary to review community vision statements for those
projects that are undertaken without a development plan in place at the
time of a solicitation for bids.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source Agencies: 305 General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board
LBB Staff: JK, DE, TT