LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session May 3, 1999 TO: Honorable Steven Wolens, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB1851 by Wentworth (relating to public access to governmental information and decisions, including revisions to the public information law), As Engrossed ************************************************************************** * No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * ************************************************************************** TECHNOLOGY IMPACT The Legislative Budget Board (LBB) assumes the bill will require programming costs for the LBB to design and implement a database to process the open records reports. The LBB estimates the costs to be $40,250 in the first year and $20,000 each year thereafter. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 306 Library and Archives Commission, 313 Department of Information Resources, 405 Department of Public Safety, 308 State Auditor's Office, 303 General Services Commission, 302 Office Of The Attorney General LBB Staff: JK, BB, SD, SC