TO: | Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on Government Organization |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB915 by Fraser (Relating to the method and source of funding for the State Aircraft Pooling Board.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
This bill would amend the Government Code to alter the method and source of funding for the State Aircraft Pooling Board (SAPB) and change the specifications of membership for board members and board employees. The board's annual report would no longer have to be in the form or follow the timeline provided in the General Appropriations Act.
This bill would take effect September 1, 2003.
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2004 | $1,400,000 |
2005 | $0 |
2006 | $1,400,000 |
2007 | $0 |
2008 | $1,400,000 |
Fiscal Year | Probable Savings/(Cost) fromGENERAL REVENUE FUND 1 |
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2004 | $1,400,000 |
2005 | $0 |
2006 | $1,400,000 |
2007 | $0 |
2008 | $1,400,000 |
This bill would mandate that the SAPB not receive any appropriations from the state and be required to pay for all expenses of the SAPB from funds received under Section 2205.040, Government Code, which requires the SAPB to adopt rates sufficient to recover all direct costs for services provided. In addition, this bill would create a special account in the General Revenue Fund where funds would be deposited to pay for current obligations for aircraft and other capital equipment financed under the Texas Public Finance Authority’s master lease purchase program.
Funds may not leave the General Revenue Fund without an appropriation by the Legislature, per Article 8, Section 6 of the Texas Constitution. Therefore, per the language of this bill, the SAPB could not utilize the funds deposited into the special General Revenue Account. For the purposes of this fiscal note, the SAPB would pay its other obligations, including salaries to employees, out of funds held outside the state treasury. The agency currently has approximately 41.5 FTEs.
This analysis also assumes that there would be no significant cost to the Comptroller of Public Accounts for creating a special account in the General Revenue Fund.
Source Agencies: | 303 Building and Procurement Commission, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 342 Aircraft Pooling Board, 347 Public Finance Authority
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LBB Staff: | JK, GO, MS, JM, JO
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