LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 7, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Bill Ratliff, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB723 by Zaffirini (relating to the Texas Academy of
               Foreign Languages and Culture), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would remove the prohibition against the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board (the Board) using general revenue to implement the
Texas Academy of Foreign Languages and Culture.

No private funding has ever materialized for the academy, nor has the
Board expended any resources to support the academy.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, BB, PF