LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 29, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Bob Turner, Chair, House Committee on Public
               Safety
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB3430  by Ritter (Relating to commissions for certain
               retired peace officers, the authority of those officers
               to carry handguns, and the ability of those officers to
               return to duty.), Committee Report 1st House,
               Substituted
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  HB3430, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted:  positive impact     *
*  of $0 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                                   $0  *
          *       2001                                    0  *
          *       2002                                    0  *
          *       2003                                    0  *
          *       2004                                    0  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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*Fiscal    Probable Savings/(Cost) from     Change in Number of State     *
* Year       Law Enforcement Officer          Employees from FY 1999      *
*            Standards and Education                                      *
*             Account/ GR-Dedicated                                       *
*                      0116                                               *
*  2000                        $(452,614)                            11.0 *
*  2001                         (442,282)                            11.0 *
*  2002                         (467,552)                            11.0 *
*  2003                         (503,527)                            11.0 *
*  2004                         (528,002)                            11.0 *
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Technology Impact
  
Technology impact would be limited to personal computers and associated
equipment for new staff.
  
  
Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would allow the Commisssion on Law Enforcement Officer Standards
and Education to appoint as a special retired peace officer an honorably
retired officer of a municipal police department, a sheriff's
department, or a constable's department.
  
  
Methodology
  
There are thousands of qualified officers currently retired.  Their
interest in appointments as special retired peace officers can only be
estimated.  Assuming 10% per year out of 17,818 potentially eligible
yields 1,782 candidates per year.  The development of application
procedures, the review of potential appointees, in-service training and
other requirements to reactivate licenses would require 11 additional
employees: two Program Administrators III, five Program Administrators
II, one Administrative Technician I and three Administrative Technicians
II.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   405   Department of Public Safety, 407   Commission
                   on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
LBB Staff:         JK, MD, VS