LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 2, 2011

TO:	Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1917 by Schwertner (Relating to the removal of appointed emergency services commissioners by a commissioners court.), As Engrossed

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to authorize a commissioners court of a county in which an emergency services district is located to remove a board member for incompetency, misconduct or official misconduct by an order adopted by a majority vote.

 

The bill would amend Government Code to allow a deliberation regarding the removal of a board member to be conducted as a closed meeting in the same manner as a deliberation regarding the dismissal of a member of an advisory board. 

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

LBB Staff:

JOB, KKR, TP