LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 20, 2015 TO: Honorable Angie Chen Button, Chair, House Committee on Economic & Small Business Development FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1318 by Button (Relating to the eligibility of presidential general election debates for distributions from a Major Events trust fund.), As Introduced The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time. The fiscal impact would depend on the number and size of events covered under the bill. The bill would amend Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, Article 5190.14, Section 5A, to add a presidential general election debate to the list of events eligible to receive funding through the Major Events Trust Fund and to add the Commission on Presidential Debates as an approved site selection organization. The bill would also specify that each debate in a series of presidential debates before a general election is considered a separate, single event. Eligibility for participation in the METF is limited to those events listed in statute, provided that the site selection organization selecting a site is also listed in statute. Adding an event and the event's associated site selection organization could potentially expand the number of events eligible to receive funding through the METF. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:304 Comptroller of Public Accounts LBB Staff: UP, CL, LCO, SZ, EP
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 20, 2015
TO: Honorable Angie Chen Button, Chair, House Committee on Economic & Small Business Development FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1318 by Button (Relating to the eligibility of presidential general election debates for distributions from a Major Events trust fund.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Angie Chen Button, Chair, House Committee on Economic & Small Business Development
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1318 by Button (Relating to the eligibility of presidential general election debates for distributions from a Major Events trust fund.), As Introduced
Honorable Angie Chen Button, Chair, House Committee on Economic & Small Business Development
Honorable Angie Chen Button, Chair, House Committee on Economic & Small Business Development
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB1318 by Button (Relating to the eligibility of presidential general election debates for distributions from a Major Events trust fund.), As Introduced
HB1318 by Button (Relating to the eligibility of presidential general election debates for distributions from a Major Events trust fund.), As Introduced
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time. The fiscal impact would depend on the number and size of events covered under the bill.
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time. The fiscal impact would depend on the number and size of events covered under the bill.
The bill would amend Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, Article 5190.14, Section 5A, to add a presidential general election debate to the list of events eligible to receive funding through the Major Events Trust Fund and to add the Commission on Presidential Debates as an approved site selection organization. The bill would also specify that each debate in a series of presidential debates before a general election is considered a separate, single event. Eligibility for participation in the METF is limited to those events listed in statute, provided that the site selection organization selecting a site is also listed in statute. Adding an event and the event's associated site selection organization could potentially expand the number of events eligible to receive funding through the METF.
The bill would amend Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, Article 5190.14, Section 5A, to add a presidential general election debate to the list of events eligible to receive funding through the Major Events Trust Fund and to add the Commission on Presidential Debates as an approved site selection organization. The bill would also specify that each debate in a series of presidential debates before a general election is considered a separate, single event.
Eligibility for participation in the METF is limited to those events listed in statute, provided that the site selection organization selecting a site is also listed in statute. Adding an event and the event's associated site selection organization could potentially expand the number of events eligible to receive funding through the METF.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: UP, CL, LCO, SZ, EP
UP, CL, LCO, SZ, EP