LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATURE 3rd CALLED SESSION 2023
 
October 19, 2023

TO:
Honorable Greg Bonnen, Chair, House Committee on Appropriations
 
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB6 by Jetton, Jacey (Relating to making an appropriation for the construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier infrastructure.), As Introduced


Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB6, As Introduced : a negative impact of ($1,500,000,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2025.

Appropriations:

Fiscal Year Appropriation out of
General Revenue Fund
1
2024$1,500,000,000
2025$0

General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact:

Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to
General Revenue Related Funds
2024($1,500,000,000)
2025$0
2026($54,731,726)
2027($54,731,726)
2028($54,731,726)

All Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) from
General Revenue Fund
1
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2023
2024($1,500,000,000)23.0
2025$023.0
2026($54,731,726)23.0
2027($54,731,726)23.0
2028($54,731,726)23.0


Fiscal Analysis

The bill would appropriate $1.5 billion in General Revenue Funds to the Office of the Governor's Trusteed Programs (OOG) to construct, operate, and maintain border barrier infrastructure.

Methodology

This analysis assumes that the OOG would continue to grant appropriated funding to the Texas Facilities Commission (TFC), given that TFC has received the majority of prior funding for the construction of new border barrier alignments. This analysis also assumes that TFC would be designated responsibility for operations and maintenance of the border barrier.

Local Government Impact

The fiscal implications of the bill to units of local government cannot be determined at this time.


Source Agencies:
300 Trusteed Programs Within the Office of the Governor, 303 Facilities Commission, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 601 Department of Transportation
LBB Staff:
JMc, KK, SD, HGR