TO:	Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice

FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board

IN RE:	SB1171 by Perry (Relating to compensation, leave, and physical fitness programs and standards for certain employees of the office of inspector general of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.), As Introduced

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB1171, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($999,186) through the biennium ending August 31, 2027.

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
2026	($499,593)
2027	($499,593)
2028	($499,593)
2029	($499,593)
2030	($499,593)

Fiscal Year	Probable Savings/(Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1
2026	($499,593)
2027	($499,593)
2028	($499,593)
2029	($499,593)
2030	($499,593)

The bill would require the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) to adopt a physical fitness program for peace officers employed by the department. The bill would add peace officers from the TJJD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to officers eligible to receive hazardous duty pay and injury leave.

The bill would add all OIG peace officers to Schedule C classification salary schedule and would require the State Auditor's Office to classify all commissioned peace officers employed by the OIG as a Schedule C position.

The bill would add 54 full-time-equivalent (FTE) peace officers in the OIG to Schedule C classification salary schedule.

The agency indicates that 5.0 FTEs are currently classified on Schedule B as Investigator IV positions to be compensated under Schedule C equivalent, C3; 29.0 FTEs are currently classified on Schedule B as Investigator VII positions to be compensated under Schedule C equivalent, C4; 5.0 FTEs are currently classified as Manager II positions to be compensated under Schedule C equivalent, C4; 10.0 FTEs are currently classified on Schedule B as Manager V positions to be compensated under Schedule C equivalent, C5; 4.0 FTEs are currently classified on Schedule B as Manager VII positions to be compensated under Schedule C equivalent, C7; and 1.0 FTE currently classified on Schedule B as Director IV position to be compensated under Schedule C equivalent, C8.

According to the agency, $389,030 per fiscal year would be required to provide salary increases aligned with the Schedule C classifications. An additional $110,563 per fiscal year would be required for state-paid benefits.

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION


March 31, 2025