LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 20, 2009 TO:Honorable David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB434 by Wentworth (Relating to the establishment and operation of a public transit motor-bus-only lane pilot program in certain counties.), Conference Committee Report No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would require the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), in consultation with the Department of Public Safety and in conjunction with certain mass transit authorities and municipalities, to establish and operate a public transit motor bus-only lane pilot program for highways in Bexar, Denton, El Paso and Travis Counties that are part of the state highway system and have shoulders of sufficient width and structural integrity to provide for this use by public transit motor buses of highway shoulders as a low-speed bypass of congested highway lanes. The bill would prohibit the establishment of public transit motor-bus only lanes on certain highways and toll facilities. Based on the analysis of TxDOT, it is assumed any costs and duties associated with implementing theprovisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources. The bill would take effect immediately upon receiving a vote of two-thirds of all members elected toeach house or otherwise on September 1, 2009. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:601 Department of Transportation LBB Staff: JOB, SD, KJG, MW, TG, TP
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 20, 2009
TO:Honorable David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB434 by Wentworth (Relating to the establishment and operation of a public transit motor-bus-only lane pilot program in certain counties.), Conference Committee Report
TO: Honorable David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB434 by Wentworth (Relating to the establishment and operation of a public transit motor-bus-only lane pilot program in certain counties.), Conference Committee Report
Honorable David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
Honorable David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB434 by Wentworth (Relating to the establishment and operation of a public transit motor-bus-only lane pilot program in certain counties.), Conference Committee Report
SB434 by Wentworth (Relating to the establishment and operation of a public transit motor-bus-only lane pilot program in certain counties.), Conference Committee Report
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), in consultation with the Department of Public Safety and in conjunction with certain mass transit authorities and municipalities, to establish and operate a public transit motor bus-only lane pilot program for highways in Bexar, Denton, El Paso and Travis Counties that are part of the state highway system and have shoulders of sufficient width and structural integrity to provide for this use by public transit motor buses of highway shoulders as a low-speed bypass of congested highway lanes. The bill would prohibit the establishment of public transit motor-bus only lanes on certain highways and toll facilities. Based on the analysis of TxDOT, it is assumed any costs and duties associated with implementing theprovisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources. The bill would take effect immediately upon receiving a vote of two-thirds of all members elected toeach house or otherwise on September 1, 2009.
The bill would require the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), in consultation with the Department of Public Safety and in conjunction with certain mass transit authorities and municipalities, to establish and operate a public transit motor bus-only lane pilot program for highways in Bexar, Denton, El Paso and Travis Counties that are part of the state highway system and have shoulders of sufficient width and structural integrity to provide for this use by public transit motor buses of highway shoulders as a low-speed bypass of congested highway lanes. The bill would prohibit the establishment of public transit motor-bus only lanes on certain highways and toll facilities.
Based on the analysis of TxDOT, it is assumed any costs and duties associated with implementing theprovisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.
The bill would take effect immediately upon receiving a vote of two-thirds of all members elected toeach house or otherwise on September 1, 2009.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 601 Department of Transportation
601 Department of Transportation
LBB Staff: JOB, SD, KJG, MW, TG, TP
JOB, SD, KJG, MW, TG, TP