LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session Revision 1 April 17, 2001 TO: Honorable Steven Wolens, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB3445 by Gallego (Relating to state employment practices.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * * * ************************************************************************** The bill relates to classified state employee practices, and has several provisions which have potential fiscal impact. The provision allowing agencies to make salary adjustments within an employee's current salary group would require an agency to make any increases from its current appropriations. The provision allowing for a shift differential of up to 15% could have an impact on certain agencies, but only if they choose to implement it and only within their current appropriation levels. This provision is in the Senate version of the General Appropriations Bill; the House version of the General Appropriations Bill restricts the differential to certain employees. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice currently has a salary base of $1.0 billion; fully implementing the shift differential could lead to an increase of 5% to 10% which would be $50 to $100 million a year. This could be somewhat offset by a decrease in overtime hours paid. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: 739 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 308 State Auditor's Office, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 720 The University of Texas System, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 696 Texas Department of Criminal Justice LBB Staff: JK, RB, WM