LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 22, 2017

TO:	Honorable Angie Chen Button, Chair, House Committee on Economic & Small Business Development
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB92 by Guillen (Relating to the entitlement of spouses of certain veterans with disabilities to a veteran's employment preference.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill amends the Government Code to expand the veteran employment preference qualification to include spouses of disabled veterans with total disability. It is assumed that any additional costs associated with the implementation of the bill would not be significant and could be absorbed within existing state resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 305 General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board, 320 Texas Workforce Commission, 403 Veterans Commission, 405 Department of Public Safety, 407 Commission on Law Enforcement, 473 Public Utility Commission of Texas, 475 Office of Public Utility Counsel, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration

LBB Staff:

UP, CL, JJ, JLE, KVe, GGo, TBo, LCO