LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 19, 2003

TO:	Honorable Frank Madla, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1166 by Barrientos (Relating to conditions of employment for a peace officer or a detention officer employed by certain sheriff's departments.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Local Government Code to authorize certain counties to meet and confer with a bargaining committee to consider conditions of employment for peace officers and detention officers employed by the sheriff's department. Provisions of the bill would establish the procedures and minimum requirements of the meet and confer process. The bill would take effect September 1, 2003.

Travis County is the only county that currently meets the applicability criteria set out in the bill.

Local Government Impact

Because the bill would not have statewide impact on units of local government of the same type or class, no comment from this office is required by the rules of the House/Senate as to its probable fiscal implication on units of local government.

Source Agencies:

LBB Staff:

JK, DLBa