LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 9, 2003

TO:
Honorable Kenny Marchant, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs
 
FROM:
John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB1166 by Solomons (Relating to the on-line information needs and requirements of licensing agencies and their license holders.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill adds Sections 2054.255 and 2054.256 to the Government Code relating to the on-line information needs and requirements of licensing agencies and their license holders.  Section 2054.255 (a) allows a person regulated by one or more licensing agencies to file a single change of address on-line with the Department of Information Resources and (b) provides for expansion to include additional categories of updated information that license holders may need to provide to more than one licensing authority.  Section 2054.256 allows for electronic sharing regarding license holders, especially information regarding disciplinary information, with other licensing authorities to the extent if feasibility, allowed by law, under appropriate controls for privacy, security, accuracy, and confidentiality.  The Act takes effect September 1, 2003.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
313 Department of Information Resources, 307 Secretary of State
LBB Staff:
JK, BL, RR, MS, JF