FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATURE 3rd CALLED SESSION 2023
October 30, 2023
TO:
Honorable Joan Huffman, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB6 by Huffman (Relating to an appropriation for border security operations.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB6, As Introduced : a negative impact of ($1,567,428,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2025.
Appropriations:
Fiscal Year
Appropriation out of General Revenue Fund 1
2024
$1,567,428,000
2025
$0
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact:
Fiscal Year
Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2024
($1,567,428,000)
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
($1,567,428,000)
23.0
2025
$0
23.0
2026
($54,731,726)
23.0
2027
($54,731,726)
23.0
2028
($54,731,726)
23.0
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would appropriate $1.6 billion in General Revenue Funds to the Office of the Governor's Trusteed Programs (OOG) for border security operations. Of the appropriated amount, the bill would designate $17.4 million for the border prosecution unit, $10.0 million for grants for local governments to mitigate certain costs associated with border security operations, and $40.0 million to be transferred to the Department of Public Safety to respond to border related issues.
Methodology
This analysis assumes that the OOG would grant the undesignated 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