LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session March 8, 2001 TO: Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, House Committee on County Affairs FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB1254 by West, George "Buddy" (Relating to the extension of uniform group benefits for political subdivisions to certain affiliated service contractors.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * ************************************************************************** The bill would authorize a political subdivision to extend uniform group benefits to employees of affiliated service contractors. The political subdivision would not pay any part of the contributions for coverage and would not make an affiliated service contractor or their employees an employee of the political subdivision. Local Government Impact The Texas Association of Counties and the Texas Municipal League provided input on the fiscal impact to local government. No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: LBB Staff: JK, DB