LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 21, 2003

TO:	Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2117 by Brown, Fred (Relating to protecting students and employees at an institution of higher education from threatened acts of violence.), As Engrossed

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require state institutions of higher education to develop a procedure to respond to threatened acts of violence by a student or employee. All institutions responding to this bill indicated  no significant fiscal implication to implementation of the legislation.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 731 Texas Woman's University, 733 Texas Tech University, 758 Board of Regents, Texas State University System Central Office, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration

LBB Staff:

JK, CT, PF, DSB