LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                               May 11, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Frank Madla, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Intergovernmental Relations
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB 1123  by Thompson (Relating to the salaries of certain
               statutory county court
               judges.), As Engrossed
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  HB1123, As Engrossed:  negative impact of $(1,427,917) through the    *
*  biennium ending August 31, 2001.                                      *
*                                                                        *
*  The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal      *
*  basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of    *
*  the bill.                                                             *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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          *  Fiscal Year  Probable Net Positive/(Negative)   *
          *               Impact to General Revenue Related  *
          *                             Funds                *
          *       2000                           $(682,917)  *
          *       2001                            (745,000)  *
          *       2002                            (745,000)  *
          *       2003                            (745,000)  *
          *       2004                            (745,000)  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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         * Fiscal Year      Probable Savings/(Cost) from      *
         *                      General Revenue Fund          *
         *                              0001                  *
         *      2000                               $(682,917) *
         *      2001                                (745,000) *
         *      2002                                (745,000) *
         *      2003                                (745,000) *
         *      2004                                (745,000) *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would amend Government Code, Chapter 25, relating to statutory
county court judge salaries and the salary supplement paid by the state.
  
  
Methodology
  
The state currently compensates counties $30,000 annually as a partial
salary supplement for 149 statutory county judges.  The bill would raise
this amount to $35,000 with $5,000 of this total being paid from the
General Revenue Fund.  The bill would take effect on October 1, 1999
reducing the costs to the general revenue by one month during fiscal year
2000.

Information provided by the Comptroller of Public Accounts was used to
determine the current level of state compensation to statutory county
court judges.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, TL, PE, DG