Honorable Joe Driver, Chair, House Committee on Law Enforcement
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1589 by Driver (Relating to the administration of polygraph examinations to certain applicants for positions in the Department of Public Safety.), Committee Report 1st House, As Amended
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Government Code to require the Department of Public Safety to require each applicant for a peace officer or police communications operator position in the department to submit to the administration of a polygraph examination prior to being commissioned as a peace officer or employed as a police communications operator. The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house. If the bill does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, the bill would take effect September 1, 2005.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.