LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 9, 2015 TO: Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1025 by Seliger (relating to supplemental compensation paid to certain county judges.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB1025, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: a negative impact of ($4,426,800) through the biennium ending August 31, 2017. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 9, 2015
TO: Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1025 by Seliger (relating to supplemental compensation paid to certain county judges.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1025 by Seliger (relating to supplemental compensation paid to certain county judges.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance
Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB1025 by Seliger (relating to supplemental compensation paid to certain county judges.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB1025 by Seliger (relating to supplemental compensation paid to certain county judges.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB1025, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: a negative impact of ($4,426,800) through the biennium ending August 31, 2017. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB1025, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: a negative impact of ($4,426,800) through the biennium ending August 31, 2017.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds 2016 ($2,213,400) 2017 ($2,213,400) 2018 ($2,213,400) 2019 ($2,213,400) 2020 ($2,213,400)
2016 ($2,213,400)
2017 ($2,213,400)
2018 ($2,213,400)
2019 ($2,213,400)
2020 ($2,213,400)
All Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) fromGeneral Revenue Fund1 2016 ($2,213,400) 2017 ($2,213,400) 2018 ($2,213,400) 2019 ($2,213,400) 2020 ($2,213,400)
Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) fromGeneral Revenue Fund1 2016 ($2,213,400) 2017 ($2,213,400) 2018 ($2,213,400) 2019 ($2,213,400) 2020 ($2,213,400)
2016 ($2,213,400)
2017 ($2,213,400)
2018 ($2,213,400)
2019 ($2,213,400)
2020 ($2,213,400)
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the Government Code to increase the county judge salary supplement for eligible county judges where 40 percent of the judge's functions are judicial. The bill would increase the salary supplement for these judges from $15,000 to $25,200 each year, or to an amount equal to 18 percent of a district judge's state salary ($140,000) or as set forth in the General Appropriations Act and adjusted from time to time. The bill would take immediate effect if the bill receives two-thirds the vote of each house; otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2015.
Methodology
The Office of Court Administration reports that 217 county judges have positions where at least 40 percent of the functions they perform as county judges meet the qualifications of being judicial functions. A salary supplement increase from $15,000 to 18 percent of a district judge's state salary, or $25,200, would be an increase of $10,200 per judge. The total annual increased cost for 217 judges would be $2,213,400 each year. The supplement is funded through a mix of General Revenue and Judicial Fund No. 573 funding; however, for the past several years Judicial Fund No. 573 revenues have not been sufficient to meet state judicial salary obligations. Therefore, this estimate assumes General Revenue funding would be needed to cover this supplemental obligation.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: UP, TB, KK, MW, KFa, FR, GDz, KVe
UP, TB, KK, MW, KFa, FR, GDz, KVe