LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 27, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB461  by Duncan (Relating to requirements applicable to
               renovation of public school facilities financed with
               state assistance.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
Any school district that has one or more planned facility renovation
projects and that chooses to apply for financial assistance for their
debt payments from the Instructional Facilities Allotment program, would
be required to have an indoor environmental quality survey performed for
each facility.


In the $150 million Instructional Facilities Allotment appropriation
($100 million of which was reserved for new awards) from the 76th
Legislature, approximately 370 facility projects involving renovations
were provided assistance.  If the 77th Legislature provides new funds at
the same funding level, it is assumed that there would be about the same
amount of facility renovation projects receiving assistance.
Information from private companies that perform such surveys indicates
that the surveys required under this bill would cost approximately
$2,700 per facility.  Based on these assumptions, the total local cost
for the surveys required by this bill is estimated to be $999,000.  (370
facilities x $2,700 = $999,000)
  
  
Source Agencies:   701   Texas Education Agency
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, RN