LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 13, 2011

TO:
Honorable Steve Ogden, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance
 
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB1278 by Ogden (Relating to making supplemental appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.), As Introduced



Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB1278, As Introduced: a positive impact of $3,672,133,338 through the biennium ending August 31, 2013.



Fiscal Year Appropriation out of
General Revenue Fund
1
Appropriation out of
General Revenue Dedicated Accounts
Appropriation out of
State Textbook Fund
3
Appropriation out of
Foundation School Fund
193
2011 ($1,211,375,638) ($159,711,042) ($10,000,000) ($2,450,757,700)
2012 $0 $0 $0 $0

Fiscal Year Appropriation out of
Economic Stabilization Fund
599
Appropriation out of
Judicial Fund
573
Appropriation out of
Federal Funds
555
2011 $2,815,000,000 ($5,555,033) ($4,319,216)
2012 $0 $0 $0



Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2011 $3,672,133,338
2012 $0




Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2011 $3,672,133,338
2012 $0
2013 $0
2014 $0
2015 $0




Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) from
General Revenue Fund
1
Probable Savings/(Cost) from
General Revenue Dedicated Accounts
Probable Savings/(Cost) from
State Textbook Fund
3
Probable Savings/(Cost) from
Foundation School Fund
193
2011 $1,211,375,638 $159,711,042 $10,000,000 $2,450,757,700
2012 $0 $0 $0 $0
2013 $0 $0 $0 $0
2014 $0 $0 $0 $0
2015 $0 $0 $0 $0

Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) from
Economic Stabilization Fund
599
Probable Savings/(Cost) from
Judicial Fund
573
Probable Savings/(Cost) from
Federal Funds
555
2011 ($2,815,000,000) $5,555,033 $4,319,216
2012 $0 $0 $0
2013 $0 $0 $0
2014 $0 $0 $0
2015 $0 $0 $0

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would reduce fiscal year 2011 appropriations from General Revenue Fund 1 by

$1,211,375,638. The bill would appropriate $17,311,326 from General Revenue to the Office of Attorney General to pay for legal fees. The bill also would appropriate $1,500,000 from General Revenue to the Facilities Commission to pay for increased utility costs. The bill would appropriate $350,376 from General Revenue to the Real Estate Commission for moving costs and file imaging. It would also appropriate $70,000 from General Revenue to the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners for lawsuit settlement expenses.

 

The bill would reduce fiscal 2011 appropriations from various General Revenue dedicated accounts by $159,711,042.

 

The bill would reduce the Texas Education Agency’s fiscal 2011 appropriation from Foundation School Fund No. 193 by $50,757,700. It would also reduce the agency’s fiscal 2011 appropriation from State Textbook Fund No. 3 by $10,000,000.

 

If Sections 3, 4, and 7 of the bill are approved by three-fifths of the members present in each house of the Legislature, the bill would reduce the Texas Education Agency's fiscal 2011 appropriation from Foundation School Fund No. 193 by an additional $2,400,000,000. The bill would appropriate $2,815,000,000 from Economic Stabilization Fund No. 599 to the Texas Education Agency for the Foundation School Program. Of this appropriation, $2,400,000,000 would be for fiscal 2011 only.

 

The bill would reduce the Judiciary Section, Comptroller’s Department fiscal 2011 appropriation from Judicial Fund No. 573 by $5,555,033.

 

The bill would reduce the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services fiscal 2011 appropriations for Federal Funds for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families by $4,319,216.

 

The bill would authorize the Texas Education Agency to use $85 million remaining in the fiscal year 2011 appropriation out of the State Textbook Fund No. 3 to purchase continuing contracts materials.


Methodology

The amounts represented above are in addition to previously appropriated amounts for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2011. The supplemental appropriations would be effective for the two-year period beginning with the effective date of the bill.

Local Government Impact

Appropriations reductions would result in negative fiscal implications to units of local government to the extent the reductions affect agency grants to those units of government. Appropriations increases to the Foundation School Program would ensure full funding of formula entitlements to school districts in fiscal year 2011. 


Source Agencies:
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:
JOB, KK, MS, JT