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:SB249 by Shapleigh (Relating to optional fees on the registration of a vehicle imposed by certain counties.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would authorize additional counties than authorized under current statute to impose an optional $10 fee on registration of a vehicle to fund transportation projects. Rather than sending fee revenue to the regional mobility authority, the money would be required to be deposited into a special account in the county general revenue fund to be used only for the costs of constructing and maintaining public roadway projects in the county and acquiring rights-of-way for those projects. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) would be required to send fees collected to the county for deposit and use as provided above rather than to the regional mobility authority of the county. TxDOT would incur one-time programming costs for modifying its automated system to allow for the additional collection; however, this analysis assumes that costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources. Local Government Impact The bill would apply only to El Paso County. 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:601 Department of Transportation LBB Staff: JOB, DB, KJG, MW
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:SB249 by Shapleigh (Relating to optional fees on the registration of a vehicle imposed by certain counties.), 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: SB249 by Shapleigh (Relating to optional fees on the registration of a vehicle imposed by certain counties.), 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
SB249 by Shapleigh (Relating to optional fees on the registration of a vehicle imposed by certain counties.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB249 by Shapleigh (Relating to optional fees on the registration of a vehicle imposed by certain counties.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would authorize additional counties than authorized under current statute to impose an optional $10 fee on registration of a vehicle to fund transportation projects. Rather than sending fee revenue to the regional mobility authority, the money would be required to be deposited into a special account in the county general revenue fund to be used only for the costs of constructing and maintaining public roadway projects in the county and acquiring rights-of-way for those projects. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) would be required to send fees collected to the county for deposit and use as provided above rather than to the regional mobility authority of the county. TxDOT would incur one-time programming costs for modifying its automated system to allow for the additional collection; however, this analysis assumes that costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.
The bill would authorize additional counties than authorized under current statute to impose an optional $10 fee on registration of a vehicle to fund transportation projects. Rather than sending fee revenue to the regional mobility authority, the money would be required to be deposited into a special account in the county general revenue fund to be used only for the costs of constructing and maintaining public roadway projects in the county and acquiring rights-of-way for those projects.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) would be required to send fees collected to the county for deposit and use as provided above rather than to the regional mobility authority of the county.
TxDOT would incur one-time programming costs for modifying its automated system to allow for the additional collection; however, this analysis assumes that costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
The bill would apply only to El Paso County. 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.
The bill would apply only to El Paso County.
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: 601 Department of Transportation
601 Department of Transportation
LBB Staff: JOB, DB, KJG, MW
JOB, DB, KJG, MW