LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 23, 2003

TO:	Honorable Robert Puente, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB3214 by Cook, Robby (Relating to the fees of office payable to directors of certain general and special law districts.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Water Code by changing the limit on the fees of office that a director of certain general and special law districts may be paid. The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a two-thirds vote in each house; otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2003.

Under current statute, a director is entitled to receive fees of office of not more than $150 a day for each day the director actually spends performing the duties of a director, not to exceed $6,000 annually, with exceptions for directors of certain special water authorities. The proposed revision in statute would raise the annual limit that a board may set to not more than $7,200. The same exceptions would apply.

Local Government Impact

If a district's board by resolution were to set a limit on the fees of office that a director may receive as the proposed maximum of $7,200 annually, the fiscal impact on the district would depend on the difference between $7,200 and the current maximum amount paid, with the highest possible increase per director totaling $1,200 (proposed maximum of $7,200 minus current maximum of $6,000). The impact would also vary by district depending on the number of directors appointed in each district.

Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:	JK, CL, DLBa