LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 3, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Bill Ratliff, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 1099
          Committee on Finance                              By: Wentworth
          Senate
          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-As Introduced
         
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net 
negative impact of $(6,390,000) to General Revenue Related Funds 
through the biennium ending August 31, 1999.
         

         
 
Fiscal Analysis
 
The bill would provide county prosecutors 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.
 
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.
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      ($3,195,000)                                                                        
       1998       (3,195,000)                                                                        
       2000       (3,195,000)                                                                        
       2001       (3,195,000)                                                                        
       2002       (3,195,000)                                                                        
 
 
         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         ($3,195,000)
               1999          (3,195,000)
               2000          (3,195,000)
               2001          (3,195,000)
               2002          (3,195,000)
 
          
   Source:            Agencies:   
                                         304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,RR ,DC