LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
April 2, 1997
TO: Honorable Robert Junell, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 3513
Committee on Appropriations By: Greenberg
House
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB3513 ( Relating
to the position classification plan for state employees.) this
office has detemined the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB3513-As Introduced
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net
negative impact of $(66,246) to General Revenue Related Funds
through the biennium ending August 31, 1999.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would include hourly, part-time, and temporary employees
under the application of the Position Classification Act.
Employees in these types of positions are currently exempted
from that Act. Agencies with employees in this status would
be required to assign the employees to an appropriate position
classification title. If the required salary rate for the assigned
position was at a higher rate than that currently being paid
to the employee, the agency would realize an additional cost,
assuming a constant employment level.
The House version of
the General Appropriations Act for the 1998-99 biennium, in
Article IX, Section 1, contains language which authorizes an
agency to maintain a current salary rate that is lower than
the rate prescribed by Article IX in those cases where an employee
had previously been exempted from the position classification
plan. The current General Appropriations Act does not contain
this language. The language proposed in the House version would
mitigate the initial costs of implementing the bill. The fiscal
analysis in this note assumes the continuation of current law
and assumes no across the board salary increase for state employees.
Methodolgy
The agencies responding to our survey employ over 95% of the
hourly employees in employed by state agencies other than institutions
of higher education. The General Revenue Fund amounts indicated
below represent estimate cost figures for the School for the
Deaf. The State Highway Fund amounts represent estimated cost
figures for the Department of Transportation. The State Parks
Account amounts represent estimated cost figures for the Parks
and Wildlife Department.
The probable fiscal implications of implementing the provisions
of the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Five Year Impact:
Fiscal Year Probable Probable Probable
Savings/(Cost) Savings/(Cost) Savings/(Cost)
from General from State from State Parks
Revenue Fund Highway Fund Account/
GR-Dedicated
0001 0006 0064
1998 ($33,123) ($35,859) ($116,995)
1998 (33,123) (35,859) (116,995)
2000 (33,123) (35,859) (116,995)
2001 (33,123) (35,859) (116,995)
2002 (33,123) (35,859) (116,995)
Net Impact on General Revenue Related Funds:
The probable fiscal implication to General Revenue related funds
during each of the first five years is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Year Probable Net Postive/(Negative)
General Revenue Related Funds
Funds
1998 ($33,123)
1999 (33,123)
2000 (33,123)
2001 (33,123)
2002 (33,123)
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as
the provisions of the bill are in effect.
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source: Agencies: 308 State Auditor's Office
655 Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
601 Department of Transportation
501 Department of Health
802 Parks and Wildlife Department
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
772 School for the Deaf
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