LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                               May 10, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB3699  by Ritter (Relating to the allocation of certain
               funds for institutions within the Texas State University
               System.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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An appropriation from the Higher Education Fund for Lamar University in
the amount of $8,818,946 in each year is currently included in both the
CSSB1 and the House Committee Report on CSSB1.  This bill would allocate
a total of $491,946 annually out of the Lamar University Higher
Education Fund allocation to Lamar Institute of Technology.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, CT