LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 19, 2013

TO:	Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee On Higher Education
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2059 by Branch (Relating to requiring general academic teaching institutions to study and report the feasibility of certain administrative staff budget reductions.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require each general academic teaching institution to study and report the feasibility of reducing by 10 percent the portion of the institution's annual operating budget allocated for administrative staff. The study would not include any staff member who directly supports instruction or research. The report would be due not later than September 1, 2014 to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the presiding officer of each Legislative standing committee with primary jurisdiction over higher education, and the Legislative Budget Board. Each institution would implement provisions of the bill within existing resources. 

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration

LBB Staff:

UP, KK, SK, GO