LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 29, 2025 TO: Honorable Cole Hefner, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB3626 by Holt (Relating to coroners, including certain state benefits and awards and membership on the First Responder Advisory Council.), As Introduced The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due the lack of data about the number of justices of the peace, medical examiners, or death investigators whose survivors might be eligible for financial assistance under the provisions of the bill. The bill would amend the Government Code to add a justice of the peace or medical examiner required to conduct inquests under Chapter 49, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a death investigator or employee who assists the justice of the peace or medical examiner who die in the line of duty to the list of individuals whose survivors are eligible for benefits under Chapter 615 of the Government Code. The lump sum amount provided to eligible survivors for a death occurring in fiscal year 2025 is $611,135, appropriated out of General Revenue funds. The lump sum amount is adjusted each year by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPIU). The cost of these provisions of the bill cannot be determined due to the lack of data about the number of individuals whose survivors might be affected by these provisions. The bill would also add a representative for coroners to the First Responder Advisory Council; it is assumed the cost would be absorbed within existing resources. Local Government ImpactNo significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: b > td > 300 Trusteed Programs Within the Office of the Governor, 327 Employees Retirement System LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, MGol, LCO, JPO, NV
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 29, 2025
TO: Honorable Cole Hefner, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB3626 by Holt (Relating to coroners, including certain state benefits and awards and membership on the First Responder Advisory Council.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Cole Hefner, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB3626 by Holt (Relating to coroners, including certain state benefits and awards and membership on the First Responder Advisory Council.), As Introduced
Honorable Cole Hefner, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Honorable Cole Hefner, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB3626 by Holt (Relating to coroners, including certain state benefits and awards and membership on the First Responder Advisory Council.), As Introduced
HB3626 by Holt (Relating to coroners, including certain state benefits and awards and membership on the First Responder Advisory Council.), As Introduced
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due the lack of data about the number of justices of the peace, medical examiners, or death investigators whose survivors might be eligible for financial assistance under the provisions of the bill.
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due the lack of data about the number of justices of the peace, medical examiners, or death investigators whose survivors might be eligible for financial assistance under the provisions of the bill.
The bill would amend the Government Code to add a justice of the peace or medical examiner required to conduct inquests under Chapter 49, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a death investigator or employee who assists the justice of the peace or medical examiner who die in the line of duty to the list of individuals whose survivors are eligible for benefits under Chapter 615 of the Government Code. The lump sum amount provided to eligible survivors for a death occurring in fiscal year 2025 is $611,135, appropriated out of General Revenue funds. The lump sum amount is adjusted each year by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPIU). The cost of these provisions of the bill cannot be determined due to the lack of data about the number of individuals whose survivors might be affected by these provisions. The bill would also add a representative for coroners to the First Responder Advisory Council; it is assumed the cost would be absorbed within existing resources.
The lump sum amount provided to eligible survivors for a death occurring in fiscal year 2025 is $611,135, appropriated out of General Revenue funds. The lump sum amount is adjusted each year by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPIU). The cost of these provisions of the bill cannot be determined due to the lack of data about the number of individuals whose survivors might be affected by these provisions. The bill would also add a representative for coroners to the First Responder Advisory Council; it is assumed the cost would be absorbed within existing resources.
The bill would also add a representative for coroners to the First Responder Advisory Council; it is assumed the cost would be absorbed within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: b > td > 300 Trusteed Programs Within the Office of the Governor, 327 Employees Retirement System
300 Trusteed Programs Within the Office of the Governor, 327 Employees Retirement System
LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, MGol, LCO, JPO, NV
JMc, MGol, LCO, JPO, NV