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

SPONSOR Gutierrez

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/19/2007

HB 1159

SHORT TITLE School Students at semi Pro Basketball Games

SB

ANALYST Aguilar

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$100.0 Nonrecurring

General fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates SB-1132

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 1159 appropriates $ 100 thousand from the general fund to the Public Education

Department for the purpose of purchasing and distributing tickets to school students for

semiprofessional basketball games.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $100 thousand contained in this bill is a nonrecurring expense to the

general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year

2008 shall revert to the general fund.

The LFC remains concerned with funding initiatives outside of the funding formula as it tends to

disequalize school funding and diverts funding away from core educational needs.

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