LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 14, 2009 TO: Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB2378 by Nichols (Relating to the purposes and designation of a transportation reinvestment zone.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend Chapter 222 of the Transportation Code regarding use of taxes collected on property in a municipal transportation reinvestment zone and in a county transportation zone and deposited into a tax increment account. The bill also would change the criteria for which municipalities and counties would be authorized to create a transportation reinvestment zone. Local Government Impact The fiscal impact of implementing the proposed requirements for use of tax increments in a transportation reinvestment zone would vary depending on the projects to be funded. Regarding change in eligibility to create a transportation reinvestment zone, based on information provided by the Texas Association of Counties and the Texas Municipal League, it is assumed that a municipality or a county would designate a transportation reinvestment zone and undertake a transportation project only if there were sufficient resources available or the net fiscal impact would be positive. Source Agencies:601 Department of Transportation, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, MW, DB, TG LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 14, 2009 TO: Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB2378 by Nichols (Relating to the purposes and designation of a transportation reinvestment zone.), 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: SB2378 by Nichols (Relating to the purposes and designation of a transportation reinvestment zone.), 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 SB2378 by Nichols (Relating to the purposes and designation of a transportation reinvestment zone.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted SB2378 by Nichols (Relating to the purposes and designation of a transportation reinvestment zone.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend Chapter 222 of the Transportation Code regarding use of taxes collected on property in a municipal transportation reinvestment zone and in a county transportation zone and deposited into a tax increment account. The bill also would change the criteria for which municipalities and counties would be authorized to create a transportation reinvestment zone. Local Government Impact The fiscal impact of implementing the proposed requirements for use of tax increments in a transportation reinvestment zone would vary depending on the projects to be funded. Regarding change in eligibility to create a transportation reinvestment zone, based on information provided by the Texas Association of Counties and the Texas Municipal League, it is assumed that a municipality or a county would designate a transportation reinvestment zone and undertake a transportation project only if there were sufficient resources available or the net fiscal impact would be positive. Source Agencies: 601 Department of Transportation, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts 601 Department of Transportation, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, MW, DB, TG JOB, KJG, MW, DB, TG