LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 11, 2011 TO: Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2832 by Smith, Wayne (Relating to the idling of motor vehicles.), As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to specify that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) may not prohibit or limit the idling of any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 8,500 pounds that is equipped with a heavy-duty diesel engine that meets the model-year requirements and nitrogen oxide emissions standards specified by the bill. The bill would amend the Transportation Code to specify that a vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with an idle reduction system, as defined by the bill, may exceed the prescribed maximum allowable gross vehicle weight limit and axle weight limit by an amount necessary to compensate for the weight of the idle reduction system. The bill would limit the weight allowance to a maximum of 400 pounds. Based on the analysis of TCEQ and the Texas Department of Transportation, it is assumed any costs or duties associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:601 Department of Transportation, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 712 Texas Engineering Experiment Station LBB Staff: JOB, SZ, JI, PM, MW, TG
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 11, 2011
TO: Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2832 by Smith, Wayne (Relating to the idling of motor vehicles.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2832 by Smith, Wayne (Relating to the idling of motor vehicles.), As Introduced
Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB2832 by Smith, Wayne (Relating to the idling of motor vehicles.), As Introduced
HB2832 by Smith, Wayne (Relating to the idling of motor vehicles.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to specify that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) may not prohibit or limit the idling of any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 8,500 pounds that is equipped with a heavy-duty diesel engine that meets the model-year requirements and nitrogen oxide emissions standards specified by the bill. The bill would amend the Transportation Code to specify that a vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with an idle reduction system, as defined by the bill, may exceed the prescribed maximum allowable gross vehicle weight limit and axle weight limit by an amount necessary to compensate for the weight of the idle reduction system. The bill would limit the weight allowance to a maximum of 400 pounds. Based on the analysis of TCEQ and the Texas Department of Transportation, it is assumed any costs or duties associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.
The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to specify that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) may not prohibit or limit the idling of any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 8,500 pounds that is equipped with a heavy-duty diesel engine that meets the model-year requirements and nitrogen oxide emissions standards specified by the bill. The bill would amend the Transportation Code to specify that a vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with an idle reduction system, as defined by the bill, may exceed the prescribed maximum allowable gross vehicle weight limit and axle weight limit by an amount necessary to compensate for the weight of the idle reduction system. The bill would limit the weight allowance to a maximum of 400 pounds.
Based on the analysis of TCEQ and the Texas Department of Transportation, it is assumed any costs or duties associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 601 Department of Transportation, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 712 Texas Engineering Experiment Station
601 Department of Transportation, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 712 Texas Engineering Experiment Station
LBB Staff: JOB, SZ, JI, PM, MW, TG
JOB, SZ, JI, PM, MW, TG