LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 19, 2015 TO: Honorable Gary Elkins, Chair, House Committee on Government Transparency & Operation FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1455 by Zaffirini (Relating to certain required reports, plans, and other documents prepared by state agencies and institutions of higher education.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill amends various statutes including the Education, Government, Health and Safety, and Tax Codes to modify or eliminate certain required reports and other documents prepared by state agencies and institutions of higher education. The bill would have a positive but not significant fiscal impact to the state. As the process each agency uses to produce its statutorily required reports is unique, quantifying the staff time saved, printing costs, and storage costs saved by eliminating unnecessary reports cannot be quantified. Eliminating reports assessed as unnecessary is unlikely to lead to reductions in staff, but eliminating superfluous reporting requirements would enable an increase in agency productivity. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 301 Office of the Governor, 303 Facilities Commission, 305 General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board, 476 Racing Commission, 539 Aging and Disability Services, Department of, 556 Texas A&M AgriLife Research, 576 Texas A&M Forest Service, 601 Department of Transportation, 644 Juvenile Justice Department, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 701 Central Education Agency, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration LBB Staff: UP, FR, CL, JJ, PM, LBe, JBi
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 19, 2015
TO: Honorable Gary Elkins, Chair, House Committee on Government Transparency & Operation FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1455 by Zaffirini (Relating to certain required reports, plans, and other documents prepared by state agencies and institutions of higher education.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Gary Elkins, Chair, House Committee on Government Transparency & Operation
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1455 by Zaffirini (Relating to certain required reports, plans, and other documents prepared by state agencies and institutions of higher education.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
Honorable Gary Elkins, Chair, House Committee on Government Transparency & Operation
Honorable Gary Elkins, Chair, House Committee on Government Transparency & Operation
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB1455 by Zaffirini (Relating to certain required reports, plans, and other documents prepared by state agencies and institutions of higher education.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
SB1455 by Zaffirini (Relating to certain required reports, plans, and other documents prepared by state agencies and institutions of higher education.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill amends various statutes including the Education, Government, Health and Safety, and Tax Codes to modify or eliminate certain required reports and other documents prepared by state agencies and institutions of higher education. The bill would have a positive but not significant fiscal impact to the state. As the process each agency uses to produce its statutorily required reports is unique, quantifying the staff time saved, printing costs, and storage costs saved by eliminating unnecessary reports cannot be quantified. Eliminating reports assessed as unnecessary is unlikely to lead to reductions in staff, but eliminating superfluous reporting requirements would enable an increase in agency productivity.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 301 Office of the Governor, 303 Facilities Commission, 305 General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board, 476 Racing Commission, 539 Aging and Disability Services, Department of, 556 Texas A&M AgriLife Research, 576 Texas A&M Forest Service, 601 Department of Transportation, 644 Juvenile Justice Department, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 701 Central Education Agency, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 301 Office of the Governor, 303 Facilities Commission, 305 General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board, 476 Racing Commission, 539 Aging and Disability Services, Department of, 556 Texas A&M AgriLife Research, 576 Texas A&M Forest Service, 601 Department of Transportation, 644 Juvenile Justice Department, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 701 Central Education Agency, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration
LBB Staff: UP, FR, CL, JJ, PM, LBe, JBi
UP, FR, CL, JJ, PM, LBe, JBi