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:SB488 by Ellis (Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a vulnerable road user; providing penalties.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would create as an offense certain actions of a driver of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a vulnerable road user. Depending on various criteria, the punishment would be either a fine of between $1 and $200; a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500; or a Class B misdemeanor, which is punishable by a fine not to exceed $2,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days, or both such fine and confinement. Costs associated with enforcement, prosecution, and punishment are not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact. Revenue gain from fines would vary depending on the number of offenses prosecuted and the amount of fine imposed. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:405 Department of Public Safety LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, DB
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:SB488 by Ellis (Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a vulnerable road user; providing penalties.), 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: SB488 by Ellis (Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a vulnerable road user; providing penalties.), 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
SB488 by Ellis (Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a vulnerable road user; providing penalties.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB488 by Ellis (Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a vulnerable road user; providing penalties.), 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 create as an offense certain actions of a driver of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a vulnerable road user. Depending on various criteria, the punishment would be either a fine of between $1 and $200; a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500; or a Class B misdemeanor, which is punishable by a fine not to exceed $2,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days, or both such fine and confinement. Costs associated with enforcement, prosecution, and punishment are not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact. Revenue gain from fines would vary depending on the number of offenses prosecuted and the amount of fine imposed.
The bill would create as an offense certain actions of a driver of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a vulnerable road user. Depending on various criteria, the punishment would be either a fine of between $1 and $200; a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500; or a Class B misdemeanor, which is punishable by a fine not to exceed $2,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days, or both such fine and confinement.
Costs associated with enforcement, prosecution, and punishment are not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact. Revenue gain from fines would vary depending on the number of offenses prosecuted and the amount of fine imposed.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 405 Department of Public Safety
405 Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, DB
JOB, KJG, DB