LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
                                Revision 2
  
                            February 19, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Steven Wolens, Chair, House Committee on State
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB905  by McCall (Relating to the establishment of an
               electronic system for occupational licensing
               transactions.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The Department of Information Resources will administer a common
licensing system using the Internet. The department may contract with a
private vendor to implement the this section. The contractor will incur
all costs for development, implementation and operational costs for this
project.  All contractor costs will be recovered through appropriated
receipts (transaction fees and subscription fees). Therefore, there will
be no significant fiscal impact to the state.
  
Technology Impact
  
$220,000 core software application, $250,000 hardware, $2,500 personal
computer.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   337   Board of Tax Professional Examiners, 313
                   Department of Information Resources, 512   Texas
                   State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, 329
                   Texas Real Estate Commission, 503   Texas State
                   Board of Medical Examiners, 533   Executive Council
                   of Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy
                   Examiners, 513   Texas Funeral Service Commission,
                   329A    Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification
                   Board, 514   Texas Optometry Board, 504   State
                   Board of Dental Examiners, 515   Texas State Board
                   of Pharmacy, 520   Board of Examiners of
                   Psychologists, 204   Court Reporters Certification
                   Board, 456   Texas State Board of Plumbing
                   Examiners, 511   Board of Vocational Nurse
                   Examiners, 578   Texas Board of Veterinary Medical
                   Examiners, 472   Texas Structural Pest Control
                   Board, 507   Board of Nurse Examiners, 464   Texas
                   Board of Professional Land Surveying, 502   State
                   Board of Barber Examiners , 508   Texas Board of
                   Chiropractic Examiners, 304   Comptroller of Public
                   Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, RB, MF, SK