LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 31, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Irma Rangel, Chair, House Committee on Higher
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2415  by Keffer (Relating to the authority of a junior
               college district to establish, operate, or offer a branch
               campus, center, extension facility, or course in certain
               areas.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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*  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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This bill would amend the branch campus statute to limit branch campus
operations to only those within the service area of the community
college.  This could cause shifts of branch operations among the
community colleges and would allow for compensation to a community
college by another for such a shift.  This is not expected to cause any
increase or decrease in operations that would have a fiscal impact to
the state.
  
Local Government Impact
  
Impacts to local community college districts could occur if branch
operations are shifted from one college to another, but the impact would
vary greatly among districts.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, DB