LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
May 3, 2001
TO: Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2071 by Junell (Relating to establishing a billing
procedure to ensure that each state agency is billed for
the cost of support services allocated to the agency
under the statewide cost allocation plan.), As Engrossed
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB2071, As Engrossed: positive impact of $33,120,000 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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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) *
* Impact to General Revenue Related *
* Funds *
* 2002 $16,560,000 *
* 2003 16,560,000 *
* 2004 16,560,000 *
* 2005 16,560,000 *
* 2006 16,560,000 *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Probable Probable Probable Change in *
* Year Savings/ Savings/ Savings/ Savings/ Number of *
* (Cost) from (Cost) from (Cost) from (Cost) from State *
* General State Estimated Appropriat- Employees *
* Revenue Highway Other ed Receipts from FY 2001 *
* Fund Fund Educational 0666 *
* 0001 0006 and General *
* Income *
* Account/ *
* GR- *
* Dedicated *
* 0770 *
* 2002 $16,560,000 0.0 *
* $(5,467,500)$(6,033,700)$(1,533,900) *
* 2003 16,560,000 (5,467,500) (6,033,700) (1,533,900) 0.0 *
* 2004 16,560,000 (5,467,500) (6,033,700) (1,533,900) 0.0 *
* 2005 16,560,000 (5,467,500) (6,033,700) (1,533,900) 0.0 *
* 2006 16,560,000 (5,467,500) (6,033,700) (1,533,900) 0.0 *
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*Fiscal Probable Probable Probable Probable Change in *
* Year Savings/ Savings/ Savings/ Savings/ Number of *
* (Cost) from (Cost) from (Cost) from (Cost) from State *
* Game, Fish Petroleum Clean Air Veterans Employees *
* and Water Storage Account/ Land from FY 2001 *
* Safety Tank GR- Program *
* Account/ Remediation Dedicated Administra- *
* GR- Account/ 0151 tion Fund *
* Dedicated GR- 0522 *
* 0009 Dedicated *
* 0655 *
* 2002 $(617,000) $(569,100) $(360,900) $(311,990) 0.0 *
* 2003 (617,000) (569,100) (360,900) (311,990) 0.0 *
* 2004 (617,000) (569,100) (360,900) (311,990) 0.0 *
* 2005 (617,000) (569,100) (360,900) (311,990) 0.0 *
* 2006 (617,000) (569,100) (360,900) (311,990) 0.0 *
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*Fiscal Probable Probable Probable Probable Change in *
* Year Savings/ Savings/ Savings/ Savings/ Number of *
* (Cost) from (Cost) from (Cost) from (Cost) from State *
* Hazardous Waste General Other Funds Employees *
* and Solid Management Revenue (All Other) from FY 2001 *
* Waste Account/ Dedicated *
* Remediation GR- Acccounts *
* Fee Dedicated (All Other) *
* Account/ 0549 *
* GR- *
* Dedicated *
* 0550 *
* 2002 $(193,250) $(177,800) $(931,950) $(362,910) 0.0 *
* 2003 (193,250) (177,800) (931,950) (362,910) 0.0 *
* 2004 (193,250) (177,800) (931,950) (362,910) 0.0 *
* 2005 (193,250) (177,800) (931,950) (362,910) 0.0 *
* 2006 (193,250) (177,800) (931,950) (362,910) 0.0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill requires state agencies to reimburse the General Revenue Fund
from all fund sources, not just federal funds, for the cost of statewide
support services. Based on this bill, the Office of the Governor would
be required, as part of their administrative responsibility for the
Statewide Cost Allocation Plan, to establish a billing procedure that
recovers all allocated costs.
Methodology
The bill implements recommendation AFM-3(B) from the Comptroller's
e-Texas: Smaller, Smarter, Faster Government report.
For purposes of this analysis, fiscal year 2000 data was used to estimate
both the savings to the General Revenue Fund, and the costs to other
state funds. Also, no growth is assumed for those statewide
administrative costs which are to be recovered through agency billings.
Allocations to those General Revenue-Dedicated accounts that fund natural
resource agencies were made based on the percentage the account
represented of each affected agency's total estimated expenditures out of
General Revenue-Dedicated Accounts in fiscal year 2000.
The savings reflect statewide administrative costs allocations of the
following amounts: approximately $1.5 million from programs funded by
appropriated receipts; $6.1 million from TxDOT and other agencies funded
by the State Highway Fund and other state funds like the Veteran's Land
Administration Fund No. 522; $6.0 million from higher education
institutions' educational and general income revenues; and, $2.9 million
mostly from General Revenue-Dedicated Accounts that fund natural resource
agencies, including the Game, Fish and Water Safety Account No. 009, and
the Petroleum Storage Tank Remediation Account No. 655.
Because this analysis is based on fiscal year 2000 data, some
reallocation of statewide costs between General Revenue-Dedicated
Accounts, in particular, may occur depending on the spending plan that
is approved by the 77th Legislature for the 2002-03 biennium.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 301 Office of
the Governor
LBB Staff: JK, SD, ZS