LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 23, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Higher
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB1859  by Sibley (Relating to the creation of the Texas
               Woman's University System and declaring the Texas Woman's
               University Institute of Health Sciences a health related
               institution), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated under the current   *
*  funding method for the institution.                                   *
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The bill establishes Texas Woman's University System and establishes the
Texas Woman's Institute of Health Sciences as a health related
institution.

If the Legislature adopts funding formulas for health related
institutions, the newly created Institute of Health Sciences would be
eligible to receive funding under those formulas.  To the extent these
formulas would generate additional funding than is currently received by
Texas Woman's University, there would be a cost to the state.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   731   Texas Woman's University
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, LD, CG