LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 6, 2009

TO:	Honorable Garnet Coleman, Chair, House Committee on County Affairs
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2673 by Davis, Yvonne (Relating to conditions of employment for an employee of certain sheriff's departments.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would add Subchapter C to Chapter 158, Local Government Code, to authorize in certain counties that the county and an association representing employees of the sheriff's office may establish a meet and confer agreement .

The bill sets forth the procedures for establishing, and those for repealing, an agreement between a
county and an employee association and specifies that a county may not be denied local control over
wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, other terms and conditions of employment, or other state mandated personnel issues.

A state district court of a judicial district in which the county is located would have jurisdiction to hear and resolve a dispute under the ratified agreement.

Local Government Impact

Based on the criteria within the bill, it would apply only to Hidalgo, Travis, Tarrant, Dallas, and Harris counties. The fiscal impact would depend on whether meet and confer is established and the conditions of an agreement, as well as whether an election is held to repeal an agreement. Any impact to the courts would depend on the number of disputes, although it is anticipated that associated costs would not be significant.

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LBB Staff:

JOB, DB