LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
                                Revision 1
  
                              March 13, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, House Committee on County
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HJR57  by Garcia (Proposing a constitutional amendment to
               increase the number of county commissioners in Dallas
               County.), As Introduced
  
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The joint resolution would propose a constitutional amendment to increase
the number of commissioners precincts in Dallas County from four to
eight. The boundaries of the initial eight precincts would take effect on
January 1, 2003.  The four additional offices of the county
commissioners that would initially result from the division would be
filled at the general election for the state and county officers held in
November 2002. The provisions of the bill would take effect only upon
approval by the voters in an election to be held November 6, 2001.

Currently, every county in the state is divided into four commissioner
precincts.
  
Local Government Impact
  
According to the Budget Officer for Dallas County, additional salaries
and benefits for the four new county commissioners and their staffs
would total $2.7 million annually; operating expenses for the four new
precincts would total approximately $400,000 per year; and, there would
be a one-time capital outlay cost of approximately $10 million.
  
  
Source Agencies:   307   Secretary of State
LBB Staff:         JK, DB, SK