LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 18, 2009 TO: Honorable Tommy Merritt, Chair, House Committee on Public Safety FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB243 by Alonzo (Relating to equipping each K-9 law enforcement vehicle with a heat alarm system.), As Introduced No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would require a law enforcement agency (Department of Public Safety, sheriff's departments, and municipal police departments) to equip each vehicle used in a K-9 law enforcement program with a heat alarm system. Compliance would be required by January 1, 2011. The Department of Public Safety already has a heat alarm system installed in its K-9 law enforcement program vehicles; therefore, no new costs would be incurred for the state. Local Government Impact Local law enforcement agencies that already use a heat alarm system would experience no fiscal impact. An agency that does not currently use a system would incur costs that would vary by agency, depending on how many vehicles would require the equipment. Dallas County, for example, reports the county sheriff's office would be required to install a heat alarm system in four vehicles at a cost of $600 each, to be replaced at a 3-year interval. Source Agencies:405 Department of Public Safety LBB Staff: JOB, ESi, DB, MWU
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 18, 2009
TO: Honorable Tommy Merritt, Chair, House Committee on Public Safety FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB243 by Alonzo (Relating to equipping each K-9 law enforcement vehicle with a heat alarm system.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Tommy Merritt, Chair, House Committee on Public Safety
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB243 by Alonzo (Relating to equipping each K-9 law enforcement vehicle with a heat alarm system.), As Introduced
Honorable Tommy Merritt, Chair, House Committee on Public Safety
Honorable Tommy Merritt, Chair, House Committee on Public Safety
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB243 by Alonzo (Relating to equipping each K-9 law enforcement vehicle with a heat alarm system.), As Introduced
HB243 by Alonzo (Relating to equipping each K-9 law enforcement vehicle with a heat alarm system.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require a law enforcement agency (Department of Public Safety, sheriff's departments, and municipal police departments) to equip each vehicle used in a K-9 law enforcement program with a heat alarm system. Compliance would be required by January 1, 2011. The Department of Public Safety already has a heat alarm system installed in its K-9 law enforcement program vehicles; therefore, no new costs would be incurred for the state.
The bill would require a law enforcement agency (Department of Public Safety, sheriff's departments, and municipal police departments) to equip each vehicle used in a K-9 law enforcement program with a heat alarm system. Compliance would be required by January 1, 2011.
The Department of Public Safety already has a heat alarm system installed in its K-9 law enforcement program vehicles; therefore, no new costs would be incurred for the state.
Local Government Impact
Local law enforcement agencies that already use a heat alarm system would experience no fiscal impact. An agency that does not currently use a system would incur costs that would vary by agency, depending on how many vehicles would require the equipment. Dallas County, for example, reports the county sheriff's office would be required to install a heat alarm system in four vehicles at a cost of $600 each, to be replaced at a 3-year interval.
Source Agencies: 405 Department of Public Safety
405 Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: JOB, ESi, DB, MWU
JOB, ESi, DB, MWU