LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 20, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, House Committee on County
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2708  by Reyna, Arthur (Relating to conditions of
               employment for an employee of certain sheriff's
               departments.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would authorize certain counties to choose to enter into a meet
and confer agreement with an association recognized as representing a
majority of the employees of the sheriff's department.  If, within 45
days after the agreement is ratified by the county and the association,
a number of voters in the county that is equivalent to 10 percent of the
votes cast in the county in the most recent general election were to
present a petition to repeal the agreement, the county commissioners
court would be required call an election for the repeal to be
considered.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated unless an election to consider repealing the meet and confer
agreement is required.  Under that circumstance, the county would incur
the cost of an election.  Based on the cost per registered voter from a
sampling of cities and counties, the average cost per registered voter
is approximately $0.91.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DB