LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
April 18, 1997
TO: Honorable Bill Ratliff, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 1099, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
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-Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
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:
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:
LBB Staff: JK ,RR ,DC