LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 19, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Eddie Lucio, Jr., Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 1455
          Committee on Intergovernmental Relations                              By: Lucio
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1455 ( Relating 
to the ability of voters in certain counties to petition a commissioners 
court to increase the salary of members of the county sheriff's 
department.) this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1455-As Introduced
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
This bill would apply to counties with populations between 25,000 
and 30,000 the provision which currently gives voters of a county 
with a population greater than 30,000 the right to petition 
the commissioners court for an increase in the minimum salary 
of each member of the sheriff's department.  This bill could 
result in increased payroll and benefits costs in counties where 
the voters petitioned for such an increase in salaries.  Such 
costs would depend on the level of increase recommended in a 
petition.
          
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                      LBB Staff:   JK ,TL