LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                             January 19, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on
               State Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB188  by Lindsay (Relating to paid leave for a state
               employee who is an emergency medical services
               volunteer.), As Introduced
  
**************************************************************************
*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
**************************************************************************
  
The bill would allow state employees who are Emergency Medical Service
volunteers to take up to 5 days leave with pay for training. Using
statewide data from Texas Department of Health, it is estimated that
fewer than one hundred state employees could make use of this provision
for leave.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   320   Texas Workforce Commission, 501   Texas
                   Department of Health
LBB Staff:         JK, RB, WM, HL