LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 28, 2013

TO:	Honorable Carol Alvarado, Chair, House Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations, Select
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB9 by Flynn (Relating to posting certain information regarding compensation of state agency executive staff on the Internet.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Government Code, Chapter 659 to require state agencies to post on agency websites the methodology used to determine executive staff compensation, including any employment market analysis.

The bill takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If the bill does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, it takes effect September 1, 2013.

Multiple agencies including the Office of the Attorney General, the Cancer Research and Prevention Institute, the Texas Education Agency, the Department of Public Safety, the Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas Department of Insurance and the State Auditor's Office anticipate any additional work resulting from the passage of the bill could be reasonably absorbed within current resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

302 Office of the Attorney General, 308 State Auditor's Office, 405 Department of Public Safety, 454 Department of Insurance, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 542 Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, 701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

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