LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 28, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB3174  by Hartnett (Relating to the application of the
               professional prosecutors law to the criminal district
               attorney of Dallas County.), As Engrossed
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  HB3174, As Engrossed:  negative impact of $(118,690) 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                            $(59,355)  *
          *       2001                             (59,335)  *
          *       2002                             (59,335)  *
          *       2003                             (59,335)  *
          *       2004                             (59,335)  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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*Fiscal    Probable Savings/(Cost) from     Change in Number of State     *
* Year         General Revenue Fund           Employees from FY 1999      *
*                      0001                                               *
*  2000                         $(59,355)                             1.0 *
*  2001                          (59,335)                             1.0 *
*  2002                          (59,335)                             1.0 *
*  2003                          (59,335)                             1.0 *
*  2004                          (59,335)                             1.0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would bring the Dallas County Criminal District Attorney under
the Professional Prosecutors Act effective September 1, 1999.
  
  
Methodology
  
Under current law, the state pays $74,112 into the Dallas County Salary
Fund and $17,050 per year for office expenses.  A district attorney
under the Professional Prosecutors Act is paid $150,517 for salary,
benefits and office expenses.  The bill would cause the Dallas County
Criminal District Attorney to show as an additional Full Time Equivalent
in the appropriations bill, although the attorney would remain a county
employee.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   212   Office of Court Administration, 304
                   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, PE, DG