LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 26, 2013

TO:	Honorable Kel Seliger, Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB15 by Seliger (Relating to the duties and responsibilities of members of governing boards of university systems and institutions of higher education.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require that any appointed regent who is unconfirmed by the Senate is prohibited from voting on any budgetary or personnel matter related to system administration or institutions of higher education.  This bill would specify that all duties not specifically prescribed to the governing board (regents) or system administration are the responsibilities of institutions of higher education.  The bill would also require the members of the governing board of institutions of higher education to receive certain training, including ethics, and an appointee who has not received this training would be prohibited from voting on any budgetary or personnel matter related to system administration or institutions of higher education. Provisions of the bill would be implemented 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, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University 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