LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 30, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Bill G. Carter, Chair, House Committee on Urban
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB320  by Tillery (Relating to the conditions of
               employment for certain firefighters.), Committee Report
               1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would authorize certain municipalities and a firefighters
association representing the firefighters employed by the municipality to
meet and confer regarding various employment and pay issues. If a
petition signed by a number of registered voters equal to 10 percent of
the votes cast at the most recent mayoral general election in the
municipality is presented to the governing body requesting the agreement
be repealed, the municipality would be required to conduct an election.
The Act would take effect September 1, 2001.

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated unless a municipality is petitioned and must conduct an
election to decide to repeal an agreement between a firefighters'
association and the municipality.  If an election is conducted, the
municipality would incur the expenses related to the election.  Based on
the per registered voter cost in a sampling of cities and counties, the
average per registered voter cost is about $0.91.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DB