LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 16, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on
               State Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SJR26  by Ratliff (Proposing a constitutional amendment
               relating to compensation for state employees serving as
               members of local governing boards.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated, other than the     *
*  cost of publication.                                                  *
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*  The cost to the state for publication of the resolution is $76,352.   *
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*  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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Local Government Impact
  
The resolution could result in some cost to local government.  The cost
would depend on the number of members of local governing bodies who
would receive compensation upon approval of the constitutional amendment
and the amount of those salaries.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, SD, SG