LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 12, 2011 TO: Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB3550 by Fletcher (Relating to imposing a law enforcement fee on certain commercial motor vehicle offenses.), As Introduced The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined because the number of violations adjudicated and collection rates for these offenses is not known. The bill would create the Law Enforcement Fee. A $500 fee would be assessed on convictions of certain misdemeanor offenses relating to the weight of a vehicle operated on public highways. A $2,000 fee would be assessed on convictions of certain offenses relating to the use of a motor vehicle in or possession with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance or for the transportation, concealment, or harboring of an alien. The bill would require the Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA) to deposit revenue collected from this fee to the General Revenue Fund to be used for law enforcement purposes. The CPA reported that the number of violations adjudicated and collection rates for these offenses is not known; therefore any fiscal impact cannot be determined. Although this bill would not make an appropriation, it would establish the basis for an appropriation. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 601 Department of Transportation LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, MW, MM, JJO, KKR
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 12, 2011
TO: Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB3550 by Fletcher (Relating to imposing a law enforcement fee on certain commercial motor vehicle offenses.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB3550 by Fletcher (Relating to imposing a law enforcement fee on certain commercial motor vehicle offenses.), As Introduced
Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB3550 by Fletcher (Relating to imposing a law enforcement fee on certain commercial motor vehicle offenses.), As Introduced
HB3550 by Fletcher (Relating to imposing a law enforcement fee on certain commercial motor vehicle offenses.), As Introduced
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined because the number of violations adjudicated and collection rates for these offenses is not known.
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined because the number of violations adjudicated and collection rates for these offenses is not known.
The bill would create the Law Enforcement Fee. A $500 fee would be assessed on convictions of certain misdemeanor offenses relating to the weight of a vehicle operated on public highways. A $2,000 fee would be assessed on convictions of certain offenses relating to the use of a motor vehicle in or possession with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance or for the transportation, concealment, or harboring of an alien. The bill would require the Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA) to deposit revenue collected from this fee to the General Revenue Fund to be used for law enforcement purposes. The CPA reported that the number of violations adjudicated and collection rates for these offenses is not known; therefore any fiscal impact cannot be determined. Although this bill would not make an appropriation, it would establish the basis for an appropriation.
The bill would create the Law Enforcement Fee. A $500 fee would be assessed on convictions of certain misdemeanor offenses relating to the weight of a vehicle operated on public highways. A $2,000 fee would be assessed on convictions of certain offenses relating to the use of a motor vehicle in or possession with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance or for the transportation, concealment, or harboring of an alien.
The bill would require the Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA) to deposit revenue collected from this fee to the General Revenue Fund to be used for law enforcement purposes.
The CPA reported that the number of violations adjudicated and collection rates for these offenses is not known; therefore any fiscal impact cannot be determined.
Although this bill would not make an appropriation, it would establish the basis for an appropriation.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 601 Department of Transportation
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 601 Department of Transportation
LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, MW, MM, JJO, KKR
JOB, KJG, MW, MM, JJO, KKR