82(R) SB 652 - House Committee Report version

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION


May 8, 2011

TO:	Honorable Byron Cook, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs

FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board

IN RE:	SB652 by Hegar (relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review process.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB652, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2013.

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
2012	$0
2013	$0
2014	$0
2015	$0
2016	$0

All Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Savings/(Cost) from Appropriated Receipts 666	Probable Revenue Gain from Appropriated Receipts 666
2012	($695,570)	$695,570
2013	($278,706)	$278,706
2014	$0	$0
2015	$0	$0
2016	$0	$0

The bill would amend the general laws relating to the timing of the sunset review process for numerous governmental entities. The bill would add certain governmental entities as subject to the sunset review process and require those entities to reimburse the Sunset Commission based on the Commission's estimated costs.

Other than the entities identified below, which would be required to reimburse the Sunset Commission for costs incurred for the sunset review process related to their respective operations, it is assumed that costs associated with implementation of the provisions of this bill could be aborbed within existing resources for all remaining agency reviews conducted by the Commission.

The bill would subject the following entities to sunset review, but not abolishment. Costs identified include salaries for additional full-time equivalent positions to conduct and issue recommendations, as well as travel and production costs.

$190,709 in fiscal year 2012 and $74,316 in fiscal year 2013 for the University Interscholastic League(UIL), including 3 FTEs and 1 FTE each fiscal year, respectively.

$192,709 in fiscal year 2012 and $74,316 in fiscal year 2013 for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA), including 3 FTEs and 1 FTE each fiscal year, respectively.

$204,709 in fiscal year 2012 and $74,316 in fiscal year 2013 for tollway authorities created under Chapter 366, Transportation Code (assumed to be the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA)), including 3 FTEs and 1 FTE each fiscal year, respectively.

$107,443 in fiscal year 2012 and $55,758 in fiscal year 2013 for the Gulf Coast Water Authority (GCWA), including 2 FTEs and 1 FTE each fiscal year, respectively.

Local Government Impact

Local governmental entities (NTTA and GCWA) subject to the sunset review process would be required to reimburse the Sunset Commission for costs associated with the review.