LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 9, 2009 TO: Honorable Burt R. Solomons, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1677 by Smith, Wayne (Relating to notice by a governmental entity regarding certain geospatial data products.), As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Government Code to require a governmental entity to include an "informational purposes" notice on geospatial data, such as maps or mapping services, that is created or hosted by the governmental entity and was not produced using information from an on-the-ground survey conducted by or under the supervision of a registered professional land surveyor. Based on the agency responses, it is assumed that agencies with a significant amount of mapping data would have a short term impact to become compliant with the bill, but that the impact would not be significant to the State. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department indicated that if it is assumed that the maps in question should be available on the effective date of the bill, they will have expenses of approximately $400,000 in fiscal year 2009 due to reprinting costs. Local Government Impact The fiscal impact to local governmental entities would vary depending on the number of maps or mapping data an entity produces that would need to be updated with the required notice. Source Agencies:305 General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board, 464 Board of Professional Land Surveying, 555 Texas AgriLife Extension Service, 576 Texas Forest Service, 802 Parks and Wildlife Department, 808 Historical Commission LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, SD, PJK, TP, DB
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 9, 2009
TO: Honorable Burt R. Solomons, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1677 by Smith, Wayne (Relating to notice by a governmental entity regarding certain geospatial data products.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Burt R. Solomons, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1677 by Smith, Wayne (Relating to notice by a governmental entity regarding certain geospatial data products.), As Introduced
Honorable Burt R. Solomons, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs
Honorable Burt R. Solomons, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB1677 by Smith, Wayne (Relating to notice by a governmental entity regarding certain geospatial data products.), As Introduced
HB1677 by Smith, Wayne (Relating to notice by a governmental entity regarding certain geospatial data products.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Government Code to require a governmental entity to include an "informational purposes" notice on geospatial data, such as maps or mapping services, that is created or hosted by the governmental entity and was not produced using information from an on-the-ground survey conducted by or under the supervision of a registered professional land surveyor. Based on the agency responses, it is assumed that agencies with a significant amount of mapping data would have a short term impact to become compliant with the bill, but that the impact would not be significant to the State. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department indicated that if it is assumed that the maps in question should be available on the effective date of the bill, they will have expenses of approximately $400,000 in fiscal year 2009 due to reprinting costs.
The bill would amend the Government Code to require a governmental entity to include an "informational purposes" notice on geospatial data, such as maps or mapping services, that is created or hosted by the governmental entity and was not produced using information from an on-the-ground survey conducted by or under the supervision of a registered professional land surveyor.
Based on the agency responses, it is assumed that agencies with a significant amount of mapping data would have a short term impact to become compliant with the bill, but that the impact would not be significant to the State.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department indicated that if it is assumed that the maps in question should be available on the effective date of the bill, they will have expenses of approximately $400,000 in fiscal year 2009 due to reprinting costs.
Local Government Impact
The fiscal impact to local governmental entities would vary depending on the number of maps or mapping data an entity produces that would need to be updated with the required notice.
The fiscal impact to local governmental entities would vary depending on the number of maps or mapping data an entity produces that would need to be updated with the required notice.
Source Agencies: 305 General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board, 464 Board of Professional Land Surveying, 555 Texas AgriLife Extension Service, 576 Texas Forest Service, 802 Parks and Wildlife Department, 808 Historical Commission
305 General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board, 464 Board of Professional Land Surveying, 555 Texas AgriLife Extension Service, 576 Texas Forest Service, 802 Parks and Wildlife Department, 808 Historical Commission
LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, SD, PJK, TP, DB
JOB, KJG, SD, PJK, TP, DB