LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session May 10, 2001 TO: Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB658 by Junell (Relating to the revenues of public institutions of higher education and to the issuance of revenue bonds to fund capital projects at those institutions.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted ************************************************************************** * Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for * * HB658, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted: negative impact * * of $(98,297,617) through the biennium ending August 31, 2003. * * * * 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 * * 2002 $0 * * 2003 (98,297,617) * * 2004 (111,116,400) * * 2005 (111,330,950) * * 2006 (111,328,650) * **************************************************** All Funds, Five-Year Impact: ***************************************************** * Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) from * * General Revenue Fund * * 0001 * * 2002 $0 * * 2003 (98,297,617) * * 2004 (111,116,400) * * 2005 (111,330,950) * * 2006 (111,328,650) * ***************************************************** Fiscal Analysis The bill would authorize the following institutions or systems of institutions of higher education to issue up to $1.2 billion of revenue bonds: Prairie View A&M University - $68 million Tarleton State University - $19.8 million Texas A&M University - Commerce - $15.8 Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi - $36 million Texas A&M International University - $21.6 million Texas A&M University at Galveston - $10.6 million Texas A&M University Kingsville - $22.4 million Texas A&M University - Texarkana - $18 million West Texas A&M University - $24.1 million Texas A&M University Health Science Center - $12.9 million The University of Texas at Arlington - $29.3 million The University of Texas at Brownsville - $27.5 million The University of Texas at Dallas - $38.8 million The University of Texas at El Paso - $22.5 million The University of Texas - Pan American - $37.4 million The University of Texas of the Permian Basin - $9.9 million The University of Texas at San Antonio - $40.5 million The University of Texas at Tyler - $32.4 million The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas - $40 million The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston - $18 million The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - $20.7 million The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - $30.6 million The University of Texas System Administration - Regional Academic Health Center - $27 million The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler - $12.2 million The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - $18 million University of Houston - $54 million University of Houston - Downtown - $19.3 million University of Houston-Clear Lake - $32.7 million University of Houston-Victoria - $2.8 million Angelo State University - $17.9 million Lamar University - Beaumont - $23.1 million Lamar Institute of Technology - $5.6 million Lamar State College-Orange - $2.3 million Lamar State College-Port Arthur - $7.8 million Sam Houston State University- $18 million Southwest Texas State University - $19.5 million Sul Ross State University- $13.9 million University of North Texas - $29.0 million University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth - $22.3 million University of North Texas at Dallas $27 million Texas Woman's University - $27.3 million Midwestern State University - $9.5 million Stephen F. Austin State University - $10.8 million Texas Tech University - $25.0 million Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - $64.2 million Texas Southern University - $79 million Texas State Technical College - Harlingen - $3.6 million Texas State Technical College - Marshall - $1.9 million Texas State Technical College - Waco - $3.6 million Texas State Technical College - West Texas - $2.4 million. The bond proceeds would be used for the acquisitions, purchase, construction, renovation or equipping of buildings, facilities, and infrastructure. These bonds would be payable from pledged revenue, including student tuition. These bonds would not be general obligations of the State. However, the issuance of these bonds would have fiscal implications for the State. Although tuition income is pledged against the bonds, historically the Legislature has appropriated General Revenue to reimburse institutions of higher education for tuition used to pay the debt service. It is assumed that the Legislature would continue this policy. Methodology It is assumed that the bonds would be issued on September 1, 2002 at a 7% interest rate, with a 20-year level debt service amortization with the exception of the specified bonds for Prairie View A&M University, Texas A&M University and University of North Texas at Dallas. Certain bonds for Prairie View A&M University and Texas Southern University would be issued on March 1, 2003, and the University of North Texas at Dallas bonds would be issued on September 1, 2003. Based on calculations prepared by the Texas Public Finance Authority, the amount of debt service payments for fiscal year 2003 would be $98,297,617. The total estimated amount of debt service from fiscal year 2003 to fiscal year 2022 is estimated to be $2,215,905,717. No amounts are included for operations and maintenance costs related to additional facilities. Operations and maintenance costs are provided to higher education institutions based on predicted square feet not actual square feet. However, if the increased space resulted in additional enrollment, it is possible that the predicted square feet and therefore operations and maintenance costs would increase. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: 347 Texas Public Finance Authority LBB Staff: JK, SD, PF, DB