LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session February 27, 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.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted ************************************************************************** * No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * ************************************************************************** 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: LBB Staff: JK, RB, SK