LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 18, 2009 TO: Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB2096 by Wentworth (Relating to the creation of and the powers of a comprehensive multimodal urban transportation authority, including the power to impose taxes, issue bonds, and exercise limited eminent domain authority.), As Engrossed Unless an urban transportation authority would administer local sales and use tax differently than existing authorities, it is anticipated that the fiscal impact to the State would not be significant; otherwise, the impact cannot be determined. The bill would add Subchapter R to Chapter 451, Transportation Code, to authorize the creation of an urban transportation authority in the City of San Antonio. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), assumes that because all the same authorities would exist within the urban transportation authority as currently exist with the individual entities, the only fiscal impact to TxDOT would be for amending rules, and that any associated costs could be absorbed within existing resources. According to the Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA), it cannot be determined if the proposed authority would administer the local sales and use tax in a manner different from a predecessor authority; therefore, CPA assumes that fiscal impact of the bill on the state and units of local government cannot be determined. The CPA states that the agency would incur one-time techology costs in fiscal year 2010 for programming/project management related to provisions of the bill. Based on the agency's analysis, it is assumed those costs could be absorbed within existing resources. Local Government Impact Because the bill would not have statewide impact on units of local government of the same type or class, no comment from this office is required by the rules of the House/Senate as to its probable fiscal implication on units of local government. Source Agencies:304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 601 Department of Transportation LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, SD, DB
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 18, 2009
TO: Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB2096 by Wentworth (Relating to the creation of and the powers of a comprehensive multimodal urban transportation authority, including the power to impose taxes, issue bonds, and exercise limited eminent domain authority.), As Engrossed
TO: Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB2096 by Wentworth (Relating to the creation of and the powers of a comprehensive multimodal urban transportation authority, including the power to impose taxes, issue bonds, and exercise limited eminent domain authority.), As Engrossed
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
SB2096 by Wentworth (Relating to the creation of and the powers of a comprehensive multimodal urban transportation authority, including the power to impose taxes, issue bonds, and exercise limited eminent domain authority.), As Engrossed
SB2096 by Wentworth (Relating to the creation of and the powers of a comprehensive multimodal urban transportation authority, including the power to impose taxes, issue bonds, and exercise limited eminent domain authority.), As Engrossed
Unless an urban transportation authority would administer local sales and use tax differently than existing authorities, it is anticipated that the fiscal impact to the State would not be significant; otherwise, the impact cannot be determined.
Unless an urban transportation authority would administer local sales and use tax differently than existing authorities, it is anticipated that the fiscal impact to the State would not be significant; otherwise, the impact cannot be determined.
The bill would add Subchapter R to Chapter 451, Transportation Code, to authorize the creation of an urban transportation authority in the City of San Antonio. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), assumes that because all the same authorities would exist within the urban transportation authority as currently exist with the individual entities, the only fiscal impact to TxDOT would be for amending rules, and that any associated costs could be absorbed within existing resources. According to the Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA), it cannot be determined if the proposed authority would administer the local sales and use tax in a manner different from a predecessor authority; therefore, CPA assumes that fiscal impact of the bill on the state and units of local government cannot be determined. The CPA states that the agency would incur one-time techology costs in fiscal year 2010 for programming/project management related to provisions of the bill. Based on the agency's analysis, it is assumed those costs could be absorbed within existing resources.
The bill would add Subchapter R to Chapter 451, Transportation Code, to authorize the creation of an urban transportation authority in the City of San Antonio.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), assumes that because all the same authorities would exist within the urban transportation authority as currently exist with the individual entities, the only fiscal impact to TxDOT would be for amending rules, and that any associated costs could be absorbed within existing resources.
According to the Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA), it cannot be determined if the proposed authority would administer the local sales and use tax in a manner different from a predecessor authority; therefore, CPA assumes that fiscal impact of the bill on the state and units of local government cannot be determined. The CPA states that the agency would incur one-time techology costs in fiscal year 2010 for programming/project management related to provisions of the bill. Based on the agency's analysis, it is assumed those costs could be absorbed within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
Because the bill would not have statewide impact on units of local government of the same type or class, no comment from this office is required by the rules of the House/Senate as to its probable fiscal implication on units of local government.
Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 601 Department of Transportation
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 601 Department of Transportation
LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, SD, DB
JOB, KJG, SD, DB