LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 4, 2017

TO:	Honorable René Oliveira, Chair, House Committee on Business & Industry
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB290 by Johnson, Eric (Relating to a prohibition on sex discrimination in compensation.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Labor Code relating to a prohibition on sex discrimination in compensation. Based on information provided by the Texas Workforce Commission, this analysis assumes the duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources.

Several state agencies were surveyed about the impact of this legislation. No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated from provisions of the bill related to the three-year retention requirement for wage records.
 
The bill would take effect on January 1, 2018.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

303 Facilities Commission, 320 Texas Workforce Commission, 323 Teacher Retirement System, 405 Department of Public Safety, 452 Department of Licensing and Regulation, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 601 Department of Transportation, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 783 University of Houston System Administration, 802 Parks and Wildlife Department

LBB Staff:

UP, CL, EH, CP