LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                             February 2, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, House Committee on County
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB383  by Berman (Relating to requiring voter approval of
               salary increases for county commissioners.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would require a county-wide election to approve salary increases
for county commissioners.  The election must be held on the first
uniform election date following the salary increase action by the
commissioners' court. The bill would take effect immediately.

There are no provisions in current law requiring voter approval of county
commissioner salary increases.

According to an analysis by the Comptroller of Public Accounts, many
counties budget for the uniform election dates and would, therefore, have
no additional costs.  Estimated costs for a mid-size county (population
100,00-200,000) to hold an election that is not already budgeted are
$40,000. Costs would vary depending on the population size of the county
if election costs for all the uniform election dates were not already
budgeted.

Similar fiscal implications would continue as long as the provisions of
the bill remain in effect.
  
  
Source Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, DB