LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 20, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB1230  by Ellis, Rodney (Relating to certain state
               agency operating plans and strategic plans for
               information resources management.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill transfers oversight of state agency operating plans and
strategic plans for information resources management from the Department
of Information Resources (DIR) to the Legislative Budget Board (LBB).
The LBB currently performs these functions pursuant to an interagency
contract with DIR.  Funding and Full Time Equivalents for the LBB to
continue to perform these functions are included in the General
Appropriations Act as introduced.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, SD, TD