LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 29, 2011

TO:
Honorable Harvey Hilderbran, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means
 
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB202 by Shapiro (Relating to achievement benchmarks in fiscal notes and to legislative review of those benchmarks.), As Engrossed



Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB202, As Engrossed: a negative impact of ($134,253) through the biennium ending August 31, 2013.



Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2012 $0
2013 ($134,253)
2014 $0
2015 ($134,253)
2016 $0




Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) from
General Revenue Fund
1 		Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2011
2012 $0 0.0
2013 ($134,253) 3.0
2014 $0 0.0
2015 ($134,253) 3.0
2016 $0 0.0

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would require the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) to include in each fiscal note that authorizes or requires the expenditure or diversion of state funds a statement of the purposes of the bill and a set of reasonable benchmarks that provide a mechanism for measuring whether and to what degree the bill's purposes have been achieved.  The LBB is required to coordinate with the primary author of the bill to determine the purposes of the bill and to set reasonable benchmarks.

Before the first day of the third regular legislative session after a bill becomes law, the LBB is to report to the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker whether the required benchmarks have been met.

This act takes affect September 1, 2011.


Methodology

The LBB would require an additional three FTE's in each session year to perform the functions required by the bill at a cost of $44,751 per FTE.  Beginning with the year before the first year that the LBB is required to report to the Legislature (2018), the same number of FTE's would also be required in the even numbered years to produce the report.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:
JOB, KK, KM, SD