LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 2, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Pat Haggerty, Chair, House Committee on
               Corrections
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB3113  by Ritter (Relating to grievance procedures for
               employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.),
               As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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At the choice of the employee in an employment-related grievance action,
the bill would require the department and the employee to enter into
binding arbitration.  The actual fiscal impact of the bill would depend
on the specific settlements arrived at through the arbitration process.
The loser would also be required to pay the expenses and fees of the
arbitration process, except as otherwise agreed to by the parties.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   696   Texas Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, VS