LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 18, 2009 TO: Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1063 by Farias (Relating to emergency vehicle access to certain gated communities and multiunit housing projects.), As Engrossed No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would authorize a county commissioners court to require that each electric gate to a gated community or multi-unit housing project be equipped with a gate-operating device approved by the county fire marshal or other similar authority having jurisdiction over fire prevention and be activated by the sounding of an emergency vehicle siren. Local Government Impact A county choosing to impose this requirement would incur administrative costs for notifying owners/managers of applicable communities and projects, but it is anticipated that those costs could be absorbed within existing resources. No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: LBB Staff: JOB, DB, TP
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 18, 2009
TO: Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1063 by Farias (Relating to emergency vehicle access to certain gated communities and multiunit housing projects.), As Engrossed
TO: Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1063 by Farias (Relating to emergency vehicle access to certain gated communities and multiunit housing projects.), As Engrossed
Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB1063 by Farias (Relating to emergency vehicle access to certain gated communities and multiunit housing projects.), As Engrossed
HB1063 by Farias (Relating to emergency vehicle access to certain gated communities and multiunit housing projects.), As Engrossed
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would authorize a county commissioners court to require that each electric gate to a gated community or multi-unit housing project be equipped with a gate-operating device approved by the county fire marshal or other similar authority having jurisdiction over fire prevention and be activated by the sounding of an emergency vehicle siren.
Local Government Impact
A county choosing to impose this requirement would incur administrative costs for notifying owners/managers of applicable communities and projects, but it is anticipated that those costs could be absorbed within existing resources. No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
A county choosing to impose this requirement would incur administrative costs for notifying owners/managers of applicable communities and projects, but it is anticipated that those costs could be absorbed within existing resources.
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: JOB, DB, TP
JOB, DB, TP