LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 20, 2009 TO: Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB52 by Zaffirini (Relating to the penalties for the illegal use of a parking space or area designated specifically for persons with disabilities.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill amend the Transportation Code to increase the fines and number of community service hours that could be imposed for illegal use of a parking space or area designated specifically for persons with disabilities. The bill would amend the Transportation Code relating to use of a parking space or area designated for persons with disabilities, as well as procedures, enforcement, and punishments associated with related requirements. In certain situations, fines would be increased. The $5 fee that accompanies an application for a disabled parking placard would apply only to an application for a temporary placard rather than to all applications for a placard. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) reports the agency would incur administrative responsibilities related to implementation. Based on the analysis by TxDOT, it is assumed that associated costs could be absorbed within existing resources. Local Government Impact Revenue gains would depend on the number of offenses cited and the discretion of the judge in imposing the amount of the fine, but is not anticipated to be significant per local government entity. Any loss in revenue from collecting the $5 application fee on only temporary placards would vary by local government entity depending on how many permanent placards may have been requested but would no longer include a $5 fee; however, the loss is not anticipated to be significant. Source Agencies: LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, DB
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 20, 2009
TO: Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB52 by Zaffirini (Relating to the penalties for the illegal use of a parking space or area designated specifically for persons with disabilities.), 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: SB52 by Zaffirini (Relating to the penalties for the illegal use of a parking space or area designated specifically for persons with disabilities.), 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
SB52 by Zaffirini (Relating to the penalties for the illegal use of a parking space or area designated specifically for persons with disabilities.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
SB52 by Zaffirini (Relating to the penalties for the illegal use of a parking space or area designated specifically for persons with disabilities.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill amend the Transportation Code to increase the fines and number of community service hours that could be imposed for illegal use of a parking space or area designated specifically for persons with disabilities. The bill would amend the Transportation Code relating to use of a parking space or area designated for persons with disabilities, as well as procedures, enforcement, and punishments associated with related requirements. In certain situations, fines would be increased. The $5 fee that accompanies an application for a disabled parking placard would apply only to an application for a temporary placard rather than to all applications for a placard. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) reports the agency would incur administrative responsibilities related to implementation. Based on the analysis by TxDOT, it is assumed that associated costs could be absorbed within existing resources.
The bill amend the Transportation Code to increase the fines and number of community service hours that could be imposed for illegal use of a parking space or area designated specifically for persons with disabilities.
The bill would amend the Transportation Code relating to use of a parking space or area designated for persons with disabilities, as well as procedures, enforcement, and punishments associated with related requirements. In certain situations, fines would be increased. The $5 fee that accompanies an application for a disabled parking placard would apply only to an application for a temporary placard rather than to all applications for a placard. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) reports the agency would incur administrative responsibilities related to implementation. Based on the analysis by TxDOT, it is assumed that associated costs could be absorbed within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
Revenue gains would depend on the number of offenses cited and the discretion of the judge in imposing the amount of the fine, but is not anticipated to be significant per local government entity. Any loss in revenue from collecting the $5 application fee on only temporary placards would vary by local government entity depending on how many permanent placards may have been requested but would no longer include a $5 fee; however, the loss is not anticipated to be significant.
Revenue gains would depend on the number of offenses cited and the discretion of the judge in imposing the amount of the fine, but is not anticipated to be significant per local government entity.
Any loss in revenue from collecting the $5 application fee on only temporary placards would vary by local government entity depending on how many permanent placards may have been requested but would no longer include a $5 fee; however, the loss is not anticipated to be significant.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, DB
JOB, KJG, DB