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 ************************************************************************** * 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. * ************************************************************************** General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: **************************************************** * 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: ***************************************************** * 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