LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 27, 2015

TO:	Honorable John Zerwas, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB699 by Nevárez (Relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to establish a policy on campus sexual assault.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require each institution of higher education to adopt a policy on campus sexual assault and make this information available to students, faculty, and staff members. The institutions would be required to post this information on the institution's website and require entering freshman to attend an orientation on the institution's campus assault policy. This analysis assumes that any costs for institutions of higher education to implement the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within current resources.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

783 University of Houston System Administration, 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

LBB Staff:

UP, EMu, DEH, GO, ED