LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 86TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 4, 2019

TO:	Honorable Chris Turner, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	John McGeady, Assistant Director     Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB844 by Guillen (Relating to a limitation on the amount of a fee charged by a public institution of higher education for the issuance of an official transcript.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Under provisions of the bill, the governing board of an institution of higher education may not charge a fee of more than $10 for the issuance of an official transcript. Fees for transcript are classified as institutional funds and therefore there would be no cost to the state. Most institutions of higher education reported that the bill would not have a significant impact on fee revenue. The University of Texas at Austin reported that the loss in revenue would be approximately $800,000 per year. The University of Houston System reported the loss in revenue to their component institutions would be $225,000 per year.

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, 980 Southwest Texas Junior College, 985 Tyler Junior College, 996 Lone Star College System

LBB Staff:

WP, JGAn, DEH, GO