LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 31, 2009 TO: Honorable John Carona, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB129 by Ellis (Relating to the maximum speed limit for a neighborhood electric vehicle being operated on a street or highway.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would further define a "neighborhood electric vehicle" as a vehicle that can attain a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour on a paved level surface. The bill would restrict a neighborhood electric vehicle to streets or highways where the posted speed limit is 45 miles per hour and permit the vehicle to cross a road or street at an intersection where the road or street has a posted speed limit of 45 miles per hour. The bill also would prohibit a neighborhood electric vehicle from being operated at a speed that exceeds the lesser of the posted speed limit or 35 miles per hour. Current statute limits these vehicles to being operated on a street or highway that has a posted speed limit of no more than 35 miles per hour. The bill would clarify that the vehicle must be operated within the posted speed limit. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, DB
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 31, 2009
TO: Honorable John Carona, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB129 by Ellis (Relating to the maximum speed limit for a neighborhood electric vehicle being operated on a street or highway.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable John Carona, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB129 by Ellis (Relating to the maximum speed limit for a neighborhood electric vehicle being operated on a street or highway.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable John Carona, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security
Honorable John Carona, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB129 by Ellis (Relating to the maximum speed limit for a neighborhood electric vehicle being operated on a street or highway.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB129 by Ellis (Relating to the maximum speed limit for a neighborhood electric vehicle being operated on a street or highway.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would further define a "neighborhood electric vehicle" as a vehicle that can attain a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour on a paved level surface. The bill would restrict a neighborhood electric vehicle to streets or highways where the posted speed limit is 45 miles per hour and permit the vehicle to cross a road or street at an intersection where the road or street has a posted speed limit of 45 miles per hour. The bill also would prohibit a neighborhood electric vehicle from being operated at a speed that exceeds the lesser of the posted speed limit or 35 miles per hour. Current statute limits these vehicles to being operated on a street or highway that has a posted speed limit of no more than 35 miles per hour. The bill would clarify that the vehicle must be operated within the posted speed limit.
The bill would further define a "neighborhood electric vehicle" as a vehicle that can attain a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour on a paved level surface. The bill would restrict a neighborhood electric vehicle to streets or highways where the posted speed limit is 45 miles per hour and permit the vehicle to cross a road or street at an intersection where the road or street has a posted speed limit of 45 miles per hour. The bill also would prohibit a neighborhood electric vehicle from being operated at a speed that exceeds the lesser of the posted speed limit or 35 miles per hour.
Current statute limits these vehicles to being operated on a street or highway that has a posted speed limit of no more than 35 miles per hour. The bill would clarify that the vehicle must be operated within the posted speed limit.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, DB
JOB, KJG, DB