TO: | Honorable Leticia Van de Putte, Chair, Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB938 by Barrientos (Relating to enforcement of veteran's employment preferences.), As Introduced |
Costs to district courts and district attorney's offices would depend on the number of compliance orders filed. The Tarrant County District Clerk's Office reported that there might be a small increase in overall cases filed in district court, but the number could not be estimated.
Harris County (population 3.5 million, annual budget of $970 million) reported that the primary fiscal issue in their county would be the cost of representing a complainant by the district attorney's office. It is possible that the County Attorney’s Office could represent the county and the district attorney would represent the veteran, all in a Harris County District Court, resulting in a possible multiple cost to Harris County. This cost could run into several tens of thousand dollars. Harris County also reported that no cases in which a veteran sought judicial relief for violation of the preference rule have ever been filed in the county, making the number of possible filings difficult to predict.
Source Agencies: | 403 Veterans Commission
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LBB Staff: | JK, WK, MS, JF, KG
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