LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 20, 2015

TO:	Honorable Kel Seliger, Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1205 by Rodríguez (Relating to an environmental service fee charged by an institution of higher education.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill amends the Education Code to allow an environmental services fee to be charged after the fifth academic year in which the fee is first charged, if approved every five years by a majority vote of participating students in a general student election called for that purpose. 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 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, EMu, DEH, GO, EH, ED