TO:	Honorable Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor, Senate
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1731 by Birdwell (Relating to the repeal of laws governing certain state entities, including the functions of those entities.), As Passed 2nd House

General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2018	$0
2019	$0
2020	$0
2021	$0
2022	$0

All Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Analysis

The bill amends various statutes including the Agriculture, Government, Family, Insurance, and Health and Safety Codes to abolish certain state advisory committees and other entities, including the Border Security Council and Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) Advisory Board. The bill would remove the individual sunset date for the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council.

The bill would extend the TERP program, currently set to expire on August 31, 2019, to the end of the biennium in which Texas attains the national ambient air quality standards for ground-level ozone, and instruct the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to consider the feasibility and benefits of implementing a governmental alternative fuel fleet grant program.

Methodology

No significant fiscal impact is anticipated from provisions of the bill related to the abolishment of certain state advisory committees and other entities. Beginning in fiscal year 2020, this estimate assumes that the current amount of TERP funds would continue at current levels to fund the various existing programs whereas under current law, appropriations out of the TERP Fund to TCEQ would be eliminated. Thus, in the table above a cost to the TERP Fund is included equal to the annual appropriations to TCEQ of $118,131,504 per year for the TERP program in the 2016-17 biennium.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.