LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 2, 2013

TO:	Honorable Linda Harper-Brown, Chair, House Committee on Government Efficiency & Reform
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1373 by Callegari (Relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business by public junior college districts in awarding certain contracts.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Local Government Impact

The provisions of the bill allow a junior college district, in awarding a contract by competitive sealed bid to consider the location of a bidder's principal place of business.

Based on responses from several community colleges surveyed, it is not anticipated that there will be any fiscal impact from the provisions of the bill.

The bill takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to
each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive
the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

Source Agencies:

781 Higher Education Coordinating Board

LBB Staff:

UP, KJo, SK, DE