LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 86TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 16, 2019

TO:
Honorable Brandon Creighton, Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education
 
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director     Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director
Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB1198 by Miles (Relating to the intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas Southern University; authorizing the continued imposition of a fee.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill amends the Education Code relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas Southern University. Under the provisions of the bill, the section limiting the collection of the fee, and the section that contains an expiration date would be repealed, authorizing Texas Southern University to continue to collect this fee in the amount of $10 per semester credit hour.

The institution has stated that the fee is currently being collected, and there would be no increase in the fee revenue for the institution.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
717 Texas Southern University, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
LBB Staff:
WP, ESC, JGAn, DEH