LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 13, 2015

TO:	Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1295 by Capriglione (Relating to the disclosure of interested parties by persons contracting with governmental entities and state agencies.), As Engrossed

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Government Code to require state agencies and governmental entities, including school districts and local governments, to collect and disclose to the Texas Ethics Commission a list of interested parties for certain contracts. Agencies estimate that the costs to implement this process and collect the required data could be absorbed within existing resources and the bill would have no significant fiscal impact.

Local Government Impact

No significant 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, 313 Department of Information Resources, 356 Texas Ethics Commission, 515 Board of Pharmacy, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

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