LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 20, 2017

TO:	Honorable Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor, Senate
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB969 by Watson (Relating to requiring certain public and private institutions of higher education to provide amnesty to students who report incidents of sexual assault.), As Passed 2nd House

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require public and private postsecondary institutions to provide amnesty to students who report incidents of sexual assault. The Higher Education Coordinating Board could adopt rules to administer provisions of the bill. The bill would require the commissioner of higher education to establish a nine member advisory committee comprised of the chief executive officers of the postsecondary educational institution or a representative designated by that officers. The advisory committee would submit recommendations to the Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding rules for implementing provisions of the bill. Based on the analysis provided by institutions of higher education, duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources. It is assumed that the Higher Education Coordinating Board could implement provisions of the bill within existing resources.

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, 719 Texas State Technical College System Administration, 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, THo, AG, DEH, GO