LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 21, 2015 TO: Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1638 by Zaffirini (Relating to training for state employees, including procurement and contract management training; authorizing fees.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Government Code to require state agencies and institutions of higher education to report annually certain employee training and education expenditures to the Legislative Budget Board (LBB).The bill would require the Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA) to assess the number of state agency employees requiring procurement or contract management training and maintain a regular schedule of classes to accommodate that number. The bill would require state agency personnel involved in contract negotiations for the purchase of information resources technologies to complete a training program developed by the Department of Information Resources (DIR). The bill would also require CPA to develop an abbreviated training program for state agency employees other than contract managers with contract management duties.CPA estimates any increase in workload could be absorbed using existing resources. DIR estimates that any workload impact from increased enrollment in DIR training programs could also be absorbed within existing resources at the agency. Based on a sample of state agencies, it is assumed that agency costs for completing the new contract management related training and reporting employee training to the LBB could be absorbed within existing agency resources. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:301 Office of the Governor, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 313 Department of Information Resources, 320 Texas Workforce Commission, 529 Health and Human Services Commission LBB Staff: UP, KMc, CL, JI, LCO, JLi, LBe, MW
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 21, 2015
TO: Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1638 by Zaffirini (Relating to training for state employees, including procurement and contract management training; authorizing fees.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1638 by Zaffirini (Relating to training for state employees, including procurement and contract management training; authorizing fees.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB1638 by Zaffirini (Relating to training for state employees, including procurement and contract management training; authorizing fees.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB1638 by Zaffirini (Relating to training for state employees, including procurement and contract management training; authorizing fees.), 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 to require state agencies and institutions of higher education to report annually certain employee training and education expenditures to the Legislative Budget Board (LBB).The bill would require the Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA) to assess the number of state agency employees requiring procurement or contract management training and maintain a regular schedule of classes to accommodate that number. The bill would require state agency personnel involved in contract negotiations for the purchase of information resources technologies to complete a training program developed by the Department of Information Resources (DIR). The bill would also require CPA to develop an abbreviated training program for state agency employees other than contract managers with contract management duties.CPA estimates any increase in workload could be absorbed using existing resources. DIR estimates that any workload impact from increased enrollment in DIR training programs could also be absorbed within existing resources at the agency. Based on a sample of state agencies, it is assumed that agency costs for completing the new contract management related training and reporting employee training to the LBB could be absorbed within existing agency resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 301 Office of the Governor, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 313 Department of Information Resources, 320 Texas Workforce Commission, 529 Health and Human Services Commission
301 Office of the Governor, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 313 Department of Information Resources, 320 Texas Workforce Commission, 529 Health and Human Services Commission
LBB Staff: UP, KMc, CL, JI, LCO, JLi, LBe, MW
UP, KMc, CL, JI, LCO, JLi, LBe, MW