LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 18, 2011 TO: Honorable Tommy Williams, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1307 by Wentworth (Relating to an exemption from the payment of a toll for unmarked military vehicles conducting or training for emergency operations.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Transportation Code to include an unmarked military vehicle operated by military personnel conducting an emergency preparedness, response, or recovery operation or training exercise in the definition of a military vehicle for the purpose of a toll road exemption. The Texas Department of Transportation indicated the fiscal impact associated with the provisions of the bill is not anticipated to be significant because the department's toll operations currently has a process to identify non-revenue vehicles which requires the non-revenue entity to provide the license plate numbers. If this process would apply, the impact would only be the loss of revenue from the military vehicles which is estimated to be a low number of applicable vehicles (estimated 20 per year at a cost of $7 each). Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:601 Department of Transportation LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, TP
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 18, 2011
TO: Honorable Tommy Williams, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1307 by Wentworth (Relating to an exemption from the payment of a toll for unmarked military vehicles conducting or training for emergency operations.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Tommy Williams, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security
FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1307 by Wentworth (Relating to an exemption from the payment of a toll for unmarked military vehicles conducting or training for emergency operations.), Committee Report 1st 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
SB1307 by Wentworth (Relating to an exemption from the payment of a toll for unmarked military vehicles conducting or training for emergency operations.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB1307 by Wentworth (Relating to an exemption from the payment of a toll for unmarked military vehicles conducting or training for emergency operations.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to include an unmarked military vehicle operated by military personnel conducting an emergency preparedness, response, or recovery operation or training exercise in the definition of a military vehicle for the purpose of a toll road exemption. The Texas Department of Transportation indicated the fiscal impact associated with the provisions of the bill is not anticipated to be significant because the department's toll operations currently has a process to identify non-revenue vehicles which requires the non-revenue entity to provide the license plate numbers. If this process would apply, the impact would only be the loss of revenue from the military vehicles which is estimated to be a low number of applicable vehicles (estimated 20 per year at a cost of $7 each).
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to include an unmarked military vehicle operated by military personnel conducting an emergency preparedness, response, or recovery operation or training exercise in the definition of a military vehicle for the purpose of a toll road exemption.
The Texas Department of Transportation indicated the fiscal impact associated with the provisions of the bill is not anticipated to be significant because the department's toll operations currently has a process to identify non-revenue vehicles which requires the non-revenue entity to provide the license plate numbers. If this process would apply, the impact would only be the loss of revenue from the military vehicles which is estimated to be a low number of applicable vehicles (estimated 20 per year at a cost of $7 each).
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 601 Department of Transportation
601 Department of Transportation
LBB Staff: JOB, KJG, TP
JOB, KJG, TP