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F I S C A L   I M P A C T   R E P O R T

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Fidel

 

DATE TYPED:

02/04/02

 

HB

 

 

SHORT TITLE:

State Land Office Imaging Project

 

SB

233

 

 

ANALYST:

Valenzuela

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

 

 

 

$250.0

 

 

Non-Recurring

State Lands Maintenance Fund

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

 

REVENUE

 

Estimated Revenue

Subsequent

Years Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

 

 

 

 

(250.0)

0.0

Non-recurring

General Fund

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

Legislative Finance Committee files  

State Land Office

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

Senate Bill 233 appropriates $250.0 from the state lands maintenance fund to the State Land Office for the purpose of imaging digitally its paper files. The bill contains a reversion clause.

 

 

 

 

 

     Significant Issues

 

The State Land Office estimates it has 4 million documents that date back to the 1800’s. The State Land Office is obligated to provide public access to these records. The agency is in its 3rd year of developing this system for providing electronic access to these records.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The appropriation would have a negative impact to the general fund because any unexpended funds from the state lands maintenance fund revert to the general fund.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

 

Enactment of SB 233 would not have an unexpected administrative impact on the agency, who has been involved in the project for two years.

 

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