LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
Revision 1
March 27, 2001
TO: Honorable Irma Rangel, Chair, House Committee on Higher
Education
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1417 by Jones, Jesse (Relating to the University of
North Texas System and the component institutions of that
system.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB1417, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: positive impact *
* of $0 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. *
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(This revision clarifies the text of the methodology section.)
The bill creates a new four-year undergraduate and graduate coeducational
institution of higher education known as the University of North Texas
at Dallas (UNT-Dallas) to be located in the City of Dallas on property
designated by the board of regents of the University of North Texas
System.
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Net Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) *
* Impact to General Revenue Related *
* Funds *
* 2002 $0 *
* 2003 0 *
* 2004 (5,100,000) *
* 2005 (5,100,000) *
* 2006 (5,100,000) *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) from *
* General Revenue Fund *
* 0001 *
* 2002 $0 *
* 2003 0 *
* 2004 (5,100,000) *
* 2005 (5,100,000) *
* 2006 (5,100,000) *
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Technology Impact
Creation of a new university will require a significant investment in
information technology, both for administrative purposes and for
academic programs.
Fiscal Analysis
The beginning cost to the general revenue fund is estimated at $5.1
million in fiscal year 2004.
Methodology
Estimates of the cost of creation of a new university in Dallas were
based on the costs of creating Texas A&M International University in
Laredo.
We assume at least $2.5 million per year would be provided to UNT-Dallas,
starting in fiscal year 2004. The University of North Texas System has
stated that it would not acquire land or construct buildings prior to
fiscal year 2004. Hence, there will be no debt service in the current
biennium. Debt service starting in fiscal year 2004 is estimated at $2.6
million per year.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 763 UNT Health Science Center , 781 Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board, 752 University of
North Texas
LBB Staff: JK, CT, DB, HM