Texas 2025 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1321 Introduced / Fiscal Note

Filed 02/14/2025

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                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD     Austin, Texas       FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION             March 24, 2025       TO: Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: SB1321 by Hagenbuch (Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers.), As Introduced     Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB1321, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($674,020) 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. General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact toGeneral Revenue Related Funds2026($337,010)2027($337,010)2028($337,010)2029($337,010)2030($337,010)All Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) fromGeneral Revenue Fund12026($337,010)2027($337,010)2028($337,010)2029($337,010)2030($337,010) Fiscal AnalysisThis bill would require the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) to compensate eligible peace officers according to Schedule C of the position classification schedule in the General Appropriations Act.

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 24, 2025



TO: Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: SB1321 by Hagenbuch (Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers.), As Introduced

TO: Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1321 by Hagenbuch (Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers.), As Introduced



Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice

Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice

Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board

Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board

SB1321 by Hagenbuch (Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers.), As Introduced

SB1321 by Hagenbuch (Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers.), As Introduced

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB1321, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($674,020) 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.

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB1321, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($674,020) 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.

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:


2026 ($337,010)
2027 ($337,010)
2028 ($337,010)
2029 ($337,010)
2030 ($337,010)



All Funds, Five-Year Impact:


2026 ($337,010)
2027 ($337,010)
2028 ($337,010)
2029 ($337,010)
2030 ($337,010)



Fiscal Analysis

This bill would require the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) to compensate eligible peace officers according to Schedule C of the position classification schedule in the General Appropriations Act.

Methodology

According to TCOLE, the agency currently employs 25.0 full-time-equivalent (FTE) positions that would be impacted by the provisions of the bill. They indicate that 18.0 FTEs are currently classified on Schedule B as Investigator VI positions that would require $177,510 per fiscal year to be compensated under their Schedule C equivalent, Sergeant, C4; 1.0 FTE is currently classified on Schedule B as an Investigator VII position that would require $5,600 per fiscal year to be compensated under their Schedule C equivalent, Lieutenant, C5; 4.0 FTEs are currently classified on Schedule B as Program Supervisor VII positions that would require $118,400 per fiscal year to be compensated under their Schedule C equivalent, Captain, C6; and 2.0 FTEs are currently classified on Schedule B as Director II positions that would require $35,500 per fiscal year to be compensated under their Schedule C equivalent, Major, C8.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies: b > td > 407 Commission on Law Enforcement



407 Commission on Law Enforcement

LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, MGol, CSh, HE



JMc, MGol, CSh, HE