LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 20, 2009 TO: Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation 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 2nd House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Transportation Code to 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 amend the Transportation Code to include a three-wheeled, enclosed, passenger vehicle in the definition of a motorcycle and amend the testing requirements and preferential lane rules accordingly. The bill would take effect September 1, 2009. 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
May 20, 2009
TO: Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation 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 2nd House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
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 2nd House, Substituted
Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
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 2nd 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 2nd House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to 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 amend the Transportation Code to include a three-wheeled, enclosed, passenger vehicle in the definition of a motorcycle and amend the testing requirements and preferential lane rules accordingly. The bill would take effect September 1, 2009.
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to 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 amend the Transportation Code to include a three-wheeled, enclosed, passenger vehicle in the definition of a motorcycle and amend the testing requirements and preferential lane rules accordingly.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2009.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, DB
JOB, KJG, DB