Texas 2009 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1912 Senate Committee Report / Fiscal Note

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                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD    Austin, Texas      FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION            April 24, 2009      TO: Honorable Robert Duncan, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs      FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:SB1912 by Duncan (Relating to the disclosure of personally identifiable information under the public information law.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted    No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  The bill would amend the Government Code regarding personally identifiable information collected by each state governmental body. The Comptroller would be required to perform a study of the amount and types of personal information collected by each state governmental body. It is assumed that any additional costs associated with the implementation of the bill could be absorbed within existing state resources. Local Government Impact The bill would except the birth date, excluding the month and year, of a current or former employee of a governmental body, and would permit a birth date to be redacted from information a governmental body discloses without requiring a decision from the Attorney General. The fiscal impact to local governmental entities to redact a birth date from information that is disclosed would vary depending on the number of requests an entity received for public information for a current or former employee.    Source Agencies:304 Comptroller of Public Accounts   LBB Staff:  JOB, KJG, JM, TP    

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 24, 2009





  TO: Honorable Robert Duncan, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs      FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:SB1912 by Duncan (Relating to the disclosure of personally identifiable information under the public information law.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted  

TO: Honorable Robert Duncan, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1912 by Duncan (Relating to the disclosure of personally identifiable information under the public information law.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

 Honorable Robert Duncan, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs 

 Honorable Robert Duncan, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs 

 John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board

 John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board

SB1912 by Duncan (Relating to the disclosure of personally identifiable information under the public information law.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

SB1912 by Duncan (Relating to the disclosure of personally identifiable information under the public information law.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted



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 regarding personally identifiable information collected by each state governmental body. The Comptroller would be required to perform a study of the amount and types of personal information collected by each state governmental body. It is assumed that any additional costs associated with the implementation of the bill could be absorbed within existing state resources.

Local Government Impact

The bill would except the birth date, excluding the month and year, of a current or former employee of a governmental body, and would permit a birth date to be redacted from information a governmental body discloses without requiring a decision from the Attorney General. The fiscal impact to local governmental entities to redact a birth date from information that is disclosed would vary depending on the number of requests an entity received for public information for a current or former employee.

Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts

304 Comptroller of Public Accounts

LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, JM, TP

 JOB, KJG, JM, TP