LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                               May 11, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on
               State Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB670  by Brown, J. E. "Buster" (relating to establishing
               a commission to study and make recommendations for
               revision of the Texas Constitution), Committee Report
               1st House, as amended
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  SB670, Committee Report 1st House, as amended:  negative impact of    *
*  $(473,000) 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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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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          *  Fiscal Year  Probable Net Positive/(Negative)   *
          *               Impact to General Revenue Related  *
          *                             Funds                *
          *       2000                           $(188,000)  *
          *       2001                            (285,000)  *
          *       2002                            (277,000)  *
          *       2003                            (285,000)  *
          *       2004                            (277,000)  *
          ****************************************************
  
All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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         * Fiscal Year      Probable Savings/(Cost) from      *
         *                      General Revenue Fund          *
         *                              0001                  *
         *      2000                               $(188,000) *
         *      2001                                (285,000) *
         *      2002                                (277,000) *
         *      2003                                (285,000) *
         *      2004                                (277,000) *
         *****************************************************
  
Similar costs would continue through fiscal year 2005.
  
Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would establish a ten-member Commission on Constitutional
Revision.  Members would receive reimbursement for expenses and would be
authorized to employ staff.  The commission would issue reports prior to
the next three regular sessions of the legislature.  The commission would
be abolished on September 1, 2005.

This Act takes effect only if a specific appropriation for the
implementation of this Act is provided in the General Appropriations
Act.
  
  
Methodology
  
The estimate assumes that the commission would employ five staff members
beginning January 1, 2000.  The estimate includes cost for travel,
office equipment, consumables and publication of required reports.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, SD, RS