LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 18, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Subcommittee on
               Higher Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB751  by Sibley (Relating to the composition of the
               University of North Texas System), 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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The bill would establish the University of North Texas System with two
components: the University of North Texas, and the University of North
Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.  The bill formalizes in law
an existing, funded entity.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, CF, DB