LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 3, 2007

TO:	Honorable Harvey Hilderbran, Chair, House Committee on Culture, Recreation, & Tourism
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB3482 by Kolkhorst (Relating to a museum and visitor's center at San Felipe State Historic site in the Stephen F. Austin State Park. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB3482, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: a negative impact of ($120,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2009.

The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.

General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2008	($80,000)
2009	($40,000)
2010	$0
2011	$0
2012	$0

All Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable (Cost) from GENERAL REVENUE FUND 1
2008	($80,000)
2009	($40,000)
2010	$0
2011	$0
2012	$0

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would direct the Texas Historical Commission (THC), the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), and the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum to develop a plan, including architectural design and a budget, for a historical museum and visitor center located at a historically significant location in Stephen F. Austin State Park. The report would be due to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House of Representatives not later than December 1, 2008.  The bill would take immediate effect if it receives two-thirds the vote of all members in each house; otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2007.

Methodology

According to THC, the bill would cost the agency $120,000 to contract a report on the agency’s behalf that would include architectural drawings and a budget for a new museum and visitor center in Stephen F. Austin State Park and completed no later than December 1, 2008.
  
According to TPWD, the bill would cost the agency $29,251 in fiscal year 2008 to develop a detailed plan, including costs for labor, travel, postage, development of presentations and renderings, advertising for public hearings, and other miscellaneous costs within bill deadlines. This estimate assumes the costs to TPWD for implementation of the bill could be absorbed within TPWD's existing resources.

According the the State Preservation Board (SPB), on behalf of the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, costs for implementing the bill could be absorbed within SPB's existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

802 Parks and Wildlife Department, 808 Historical Commission, 809 Preservation Board

LBB Staff:

JOB, DB, WK, ZS, SMi, TB