LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
Revision 1
 
May 16, 2013

TO:
Honorable Tryon D. Lewis, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
 
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB268 by Seliger (Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the district attorney for the 287th Judicial District and the county attorney of Oldham County.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted



Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB268, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted: a negative impact of ($89,158) through the biennium ending August 31, 2015.

The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.



Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2014 ($44,579)
2015 ($44,579)
2016 ($44,579)
2017 ($44,579)
2018 ($44,579)




Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) from
General Revenue Fund
1 		Probable Savings/(Cost) from
Judicial Fund
573
2014 ($44,579) ($42,830)
2015 ($44,579) ($42,830)
2016 ($44,579) ($42,830)
2017 ($44,579) ($42,830)
2018 ($44,579) ($42,830)

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would amend the Government Code to specify that the district attorney for the 287th Judicial District and the Oldham County Attorney are subject to the Professional Prosecutors Act and prohibited from the private practice of law. The bill would take effect September 1, 2013.


Methodology

In this new capacity, the District Attorney for the 287th Judicial District would be entitled to a salary of $125,000 from the state plus benefits ($22,631) from General Revenue and the Judicial Fund No. 573. However, this amount would be offset by the 79th Judicial District Attorney's current salary of $100,000 and benefits ($19,795), which is also paid from these two funding sources. Therefore, the net cost to the state due to the salary and benefits increase would be $27,837 per fiscal year from these provisions.

 

Similarly, in this new capacity, the Oldham County Attorney would be entitled to a salary of $125,000 from the state plus benefits ($22,631) from General Revenue and the Judicial Fund No. 573. However, this amount would be offset by the Oldham County Attorney's current salary of $71,500 and benefits ($14,153), which is also paid from these two funding sources. Therefore, the net cost to the state due to the salary and benefits increase would be $59,572 per fiscal year from these provisions.


Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:
UP, TB, CL, TP, SD, ZS, AM