LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 30, 2009 TO: Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB537 by Berman (Relating to the transportation of children in motor vehicles; creating an offense.), Conference Committee Report No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would create as an offense allowing a person at least 15 years of age or older to ride in a passenger vehicle without securing the person individually by a safety belt if the person is occupying a seat that is equipped with a safety belt. The bill would create as an offense allowing a child younger than 17 years of age to ride in a passenger van designed to transport 15 or fewer passengers, including the driver, without securing the child individually by a safety belt if the child is occupying a seat that is equipped with a safety belt. The provisions of the bill would apply to a third-party transport service providers when transporting clients pursuant to a contract to provide nonemergency Medicaid transportation; previously, these providers were exempt from the specific safety belt requirements. The bill would amend the Transportation Code to prohibit a person from carrying another person on a motorcycle unless the passenger is at least five years of age. An exception would be made for passengers younger than five years of age riding in a sidecar attached to the motorcycle. A violation would be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $200. Enforcement and fines collected from enforcement are not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact to the state or units of local government. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:405 Department of Public Safety LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, DB
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 30, 2009
TO: Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB537 by Berman (Relating to the transportation of children in motor vehicles; creating an offense.), Conference Committee Report
TO: Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB537 by Berman (Relating to the transportation of children in motor vehicles; creating an offense.), Conference Committee Report
Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB537 by Berman (Relating to the transportation of children in motor vehicles; creating an offense.), Conference Committee Report
HB537 by Berman (Relating to the transportation of children in motor vehicles; creating an offense.), Conference Committee Report
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would create as an offense allowing a person at least 15 years of age or older to ride in a passenger vehicle without securing the person individually by a safety belt if the person is occupying a seat that is equipped with a safety belt. The bill would create as an offense allowing a child younger than 17 years of age to ride in a passenger van designed to transport 15 or fewer passengers, including the driver, without securing the child individually by a safety belt if the child is occupying a seat that is equipped with a safety belt. The provisions of the bill would apply to a third-party transport service providers when transporting clients pursuant to a contract to provide nonemergency Medicaid transportation; previously, these providers were exempt from the specific safety belt requirements. The bill would amend the Transportation Code to prohibit a person from carrying another person on a motorcycle unless the passenger is at least five years of age. An exception would be made for passengers younger than five years of age riding in a sidecar attached to the motorcycle. A violation would be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $200. Enforcement and fines collected from enforcement are not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact to the state or units of local government.
The bill would create as an offense allowing a person at least 15 years of age or older to ride in a passenger vehicle without securing the person individually by a safety belt if the person is occupying a seat that is equipped with a safety belt.
The bill would create as an offense allowing a child younger than 17 years of age to ride in a passenger van designed to transport 15 or fewer passengers, including the driver, without securing the child individually by a safety belt if the child is occupying a seat that is equipped with a safety belt. The provisions of the bill would apply to a third-party transport service providers when transporting clients pursuant to a contract to provide nonemergency Medicaid transportation; previously, these providers were exempt from the specific safety belt requirements.
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to prohibit a person from carrying another person on a motorcycle unless the passenger is at least five years of age. An exception would be made for passengers younger than five years of age riding in a sidecar attached to the motorcycle. A violation would be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $200.
Enforcement and fines collected from enforcement are not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact to the state or units of local government.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 405 Department of Public Safety
405 Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, DB
JOB, KJG, DB