LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

February 15, 2007

TO:	Honorable Bill Callegari, Chair, House Committee on Government Reform
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB598 by Guillen (Relating to publishing notice of certain agreements with state agencies in the Texas Register.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Under the bill, a state agency, including institutions of higher education, is required to file with the Secretary of State for publication in the Texas Register notice of the agency's intention to enter into certain marketing or product development agreements. It is assumed that agencies will be able to implement provisions of the bill within current resources.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

303 Building and Procurement Commission, 307 Secretary of State, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board

LBB Staff:

JOB, MN, RT, GO