LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  May 23, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 1099, Committee Report 2nd House, as amended
          Committee on Judicial Affairs                              By: Wentworth
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1099 ( Relating 
to salaries and fees for services of certain prosecutors.) this 
office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1099-Committee Report 2nd House, as amended
         
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net 
negative impact of $(8,171,260) to General Revenue Related Funds 
through the biennium ending August 31, 1999.
         

         
 
Fiscal Analysis
 
The bill would provide county prosecutors who do not have general 
felony jurisdiction with a state supplement based on a benchmark 
salary which would be the district judge's salary.  The supplement 
would be calculated using a formula that included one-half of 
the benchmark salary, the total number of counties served by 
the state prosecutor, and the number of county prosecutors.

The 
bill would also provide a $5,000 state supplement for county 
judges, if at least 40% of the functions the judge performs 
are judicial functions.
 
Methodolgy
 
The benchmark salary (the district judge's salary) is $85,217. 
 Other factors in the formula include: the current number of 
COUNTY prosecutors and the number of counties served by each 
STATE prosecutor. In the few cases where the formula resulted 
in an amount less than one-sixth of the benchmark salary, the 
amount was increased to insure that the prosecutor received 
at least one-sixth.
There are currently 175 county attorneys eligible for the state 
supplement under the provisions of the bill.  The probable fiscal 
implications of implementing the provisions of the bill during 
each of the first five years following passage is approximately:
 
Five Year Impact:
 
Fiscal Year Probable           
            Savings/(Cost)                                                                                
            from General                                                                                  
            Revenue Fund                                                                                  
            0001                                                                                           
       1998      ($4,085,630)                                                                        
       1998       (4,085,630)                                                                        
       2000       (4,085,630)                                                                        
       2001       (4,085,630)                                                                        
       2002       (4,085,630)                                                                        
 
 
         Net Impact on General Revenue Related Funds:
 

 
              Fiscal Year      Probable Net Postive/(Negative)
                               General Revenue Related Funds
                                             Funds
               1998         ($4,085,630)
               1999          (4,085,630)
               2000          (4,085,630)
               2001          (4,085,630)
               2002          (4,085,630)
 
          
   Source:            Agencies:   
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,PE ,DC