LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 19, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on
               State Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB645  by Shapiro (Relating to the establishment of an
               electronic system for occupational licensing
               transactions.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The Department of Information Resources will administer a common
licensing system using the Internet. The department may contract with a
private vendor to implement the this section. The contractor will incur
all costs for development, implementation and operational costs for this
project.  All contractor costs will be recovered through appropriated
receipts (transaction fees and subscription fees). Therefore, there will
be no significant fiscal impact to the state.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   520   Board of Examiners of Psychologists, 337
                   Board of Tax Professional Examiners, 204   Court
                   Reporters Certification Board, 533   Executive
                   Council of Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy
                   Examiners, 329   Texas Real Estate Commission, 502
                   State Board of Barber Examiners , 504   State Board
                   of Dental Examiners, 513   Texas Funeral Service
                   Commission, 578   Texas Board of Veterinary Medical
                   Examiners, 313   Department of Information
                   Resources, 507   Board of Nurse Examiners, 503
                   Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, 472   Texas
                   Structural Pest Control Board, 514   Texas Optometry
                   Board, 505   Texas Cosmetology Commission
LBB Staff:         JK, RB, SK