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
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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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