LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 11, 2013 TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB885 by Murphy (Relating to the guarantee of refinanced open-enrollment charter school bonds by the permanent school fund.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would allow for refunding or refinanced bonds issued by an open-enrollment charter school to be guaranteed by the Permanent School Fund through the bond guarantee program, up to one-half of the total amount available for the guarantee of charter district bonds. Local Government Impact Open-enrollment charter schools refunding or refinancing bonds would be able to seek the bond guarantee for those bonds and could experience savings related to reduced interest costs. Source Agencies:701 Central Education Agency LBB Staff: UP, JBi, JSc LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 11, 2013 TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB885 by Murphy (Relating to the guarantee of refinanced open-enrollment charter school bonds by the permanent school fund.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB885 by Murphy (Relating to the guarantee of refinanced open-enrollment charter school bonds by the permanent school fund.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board HB885 by Murphy (Relating to the guarantee of refinanced open-enrollment charter school bonds by the permanent school fund.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted HB885 by Murphy (Relating to the guarantee of refinanced open-enrollment charter school bonds by the permanent school fund.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would allow for refunding or refinanced bonds issued by an open-enrollment charter school to be guaranteed by the Permanent School Fund through the bond guarantee program, up to one-half of the total amount available for the guarantee of charter district bonds. Local Government Impact Open-enrollment charter schools refunding or refinancing bonds would be able to seek the bond guarantee for those bonds and could experience savings related to reduced interest costs. Source Agencies: 701 Central Education Agency 701 Central Education Agency LBB Staff: UP, JBi, JSc UP, JBi, JSc