LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 7, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable David Sibley, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Business & Commerce
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB584  by Carona (Relating to the frequency with which a
               person may take an examination administered by the Texas
               Board of Professional Land Surveying.), Committee Report
               1st House, Substituted
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  SB584, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted:  positive impact      *
*  of $23,500 through the biennium ending August 31, 2003.               *
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*  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                              $11,750  *
          *       2003                               11,750  *
          *       2004                               11,750  *
          *       2005                               11,750  *
          *       2006                               11,750  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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         * Fiscal Year    Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from   *
         *                      General Revenue Fund          *
         *                              0001                  *
         *      2002                                  $11,750 *
         *      2003                                   11,750 *
         *      2004                                   11,750 *
         *      2005                                   11,750 *
         *      2006                                   11,750 *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would amend the Professional Land Surveying Practices Act
(Article 5282c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) by deleting the phrase
"not earlier than six months from the date of the failed examination."
This would allow examinees to retake the examination within the same
year.
  
  
Methodology
  
The agency estimates that an average of 234 persons take the examination
each year.  Approximately 40 percent of examinees fail and then retake
the exam. Currently, those failing the exam must wait a year to retake
it.  The bill would allow those retakes to occur within the same fiscal
year.  With an examination fee set by a rider in the General
Appropriations Act of $125, and 40 percent or 94 examinees retaking each
year, there would be an increase of approximately $11,750 in general
revenue generated annually by the agency.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   464   Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying
LBB Staff:         JK, JO, KM