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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Lundstrum
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/29/07
HB 452
SHORT TITLE
Making an Appropriation for Increased Compensation
for District Attorneys and Staff
SB
ANALYST Ortiz
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$2,770.6
Recurring
General Fund
$1,842.5
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
No Responses Received From
Administrative Office of the District (AODA)
Personnel Board
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 452,
Making an Appropriation for Increased Compensation for District Attorneys and Staff,
appropriates a total of four million six hundred thirteen thousand one-hundred eighty-one dollars
($4,613,181) from the GENERAL FUND to the Administrative Office of the District Attorneys
for the purpose of pay increases for attorneys and staff.
District attorneys would receive a 15 percent pay increase at a cost of $2,770.6 million and
district attorney permanent staff would receive a 9 percent pay increase at a cost of $1,842.5
million.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The General Appropriation Act recommends a total of 7 percent for district attorney staff
attorney pay increase and 5 percent for all other staff.