TO:	Honorable Paul Bettencourt, Chair, Senate Committee on Local Government
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB736 by Whitmire (Relating to mandatory arbitration for certain municipal fire departments and employee bargaining agents.), As Introduced

Local Government Impact

There could be a fiscal impact to the City of Houston depending on the terms of the binding interest arbitration with the city's fire department and the department's employee bargaining agent that would be required under the bill.