LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 20, 2011 TO: Honorable Tommy Williams, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB42 by Menendez (Relating to the duty imposed on the operator of a motor vehicle that strikes a structure adjacent to a highway.), As Engrossed No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Transportation Code related to the procedures that a driver involved in an accident that results in damage to a structure adjacent to a highway must take. A person commits a Class C misdemeanor if the damage to all fixtures and landscaping is less than $200, or a Class B misdemeanor if the damage to all fixtures and landscaping is $200 or more. A Class B misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $2,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days, or both. A Class C misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $500. Local Government Impact Costs associated with enforcement, prosecution and confinement, and revenue gain from fines imposed and collected is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal implication. Source Agencies:405 Department of Public Safety LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, TP
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 20, 2011
TO: Honorable Tommy Williams, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB42 by Menendez (Relating to the duty imposed on the operator of a motor vehicle that strikes a structure adjacent to a highway.), As Engrossed
TO: Honorable Tommy Williams, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security
FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB42 by Menendez (Relating to the duty imposed on the operator of a motor vehicle that strikes a structure adjacent to a highway.), As Engrossed
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
HB42 by Menendez (Relating to the duty imposed on the operator of a motor vehicle that strikes a structure adjacent to a highway.), As Engrossed
HB42 by Menendez (Relating to the duty imposed on the operator of a motor vehicle that strikes a structure adjacent to a highway.), As Engrossed
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Transportation Code related to the procedures that a driver involved in an accident that results in damage to a structure adjacent to a highway must take. A person commits a Class C misdemeanor if the damage to all fixtures and landscaping is less than $200, or a Class B misdemeanor if the damage to all fixtures and landscaping is $200 or more. A Class B misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $2,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days, or both. A Class C misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $500.
Local Government Impact
Costs associated with enforcement, prosecution and confinement, and revenue gain from fines imposed and collected is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal implication.
Source Agencies: 405 Department of Public Safety
405 Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, TP
JOB, KJG, TP