LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 4, 2005

TO:
Honorable David Swinford, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs
 
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB54 by Branch (Relating to requiring a record vote by each house of the legislature on final passage of a bill and to public notice of the record vote.), As Introduced

Both the House and the Senate estimate there would be some costs to publish record votes, but neither can quantify the costs.


The bill requires a record vote by either house of the legislature on final passage of a bill including votes on concurrence of the other house's amendments and votes on the adoption of conference committee reports. Record votes shall be published in the journals of each house and on the Internet.


Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:
JOB, SR, SD, WP