LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 19, 2011 TO: Honorable Tommy Williams, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2981 by Hunter (Relating to the operation on a highway or street of a motor vehicle that is drawing a boat or personal watercraft in or on which a child is riding; providing a penalty.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would add Section 545.4145 to the Transportation Code to create an offense if a person operates a motor vehicle on a highway or a street and a child under younger that 18 years of age is riding in a boat or personal watercraft that is being drawn by the motor vehicle. The bill would establish a defense to prosecution under this section that the person was operating the motor vehicle in a parade, in an emergency, or on the beach. An offense would be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $200. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:608 Department of Motor Vehicles LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, TP
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 19, 2011
TO: Honorable Tommy Williams, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2981 by Hunter (Relating to the operation on a highway or street of a motor vehicle that is drawing a boat or personal watercraft in or on which a child is riding; providing a penalty.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Tommy Williams, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security
FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2981 by Hunter (Relating to the operation on a highway or street of a motor vehicle that is drawing a boat or personal watercraft in or on which a child is riding; providing a penalty.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
Honorable Tommy Williams, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security
Honorable Tommy Williams, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB2981 by Hunter (Relating to the operation on a highway or street of a motor vehicle that is drawing a boat or personal watercraft in or on which a child is riding; providing a penalty.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
HB2981 by Hunter (Relating to the operation on a highway or street of a motor vehicle that is drawing a boat or personal watercraft in or on which a child is riding; providing a penalty.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would add Section 545.4145 to the Transportation Code to create an offense if a person operates a motor vehicle on a highway or a street and a child under younger that 18 years of age is riding in a boat or personal watercraft that is being drawn by the motor vehicle. The bill would establish a defense to prosecution under this section that the person was operating the motor vehicle in a parade, in an emergency, or on the beach. An offense would be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $200.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 608 Department of Motor Vehicles
608 Department of Motor Vehicles
LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, TP
JOB, KJG, TP