LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 16, 2013 TO: Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1878 by McClendon (Relating to the allocation of certain revenue to the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB1878, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2015. LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 16, 2013 TO: Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1878 by McClendon (Relating to the allocation of certain revenue to the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted TO: Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB1878 by McClendon (Relating to the allocation of certain revenue to the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board HB1878 by McClendon (Relating to the allocation of certain revenue to the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted HB1878 by McClendon (Relating to the allocation of certain revenue to the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB1878, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2015. Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB1878, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2015. General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds 2014 $0 2015 $0 2016 $0 2017 $0 2018 $0 2014 $0 2015 $0 2016 $0 2017 $0 2018 $0 All Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Revenue (Loss) fromTexas Emissions Reduction Plan5071 Probable Revenue Gain fromTexas Rail and Relocation Improvement Fund 2014 ($21,740,000) $21,740,000 2015 ($22,269,000) $22,269,000 2016 $0 $0 2017 $0 $0 2018 $0 $0 Fiscal Year Probable Revenue (Loss) fromTexas Emissions Reduction Plan5071 Probable Revenue Gain fromTexas Rail and Relocation Improvement Fund 2014 ($21,740,000) $21,740,000 2015 ($22,269,000) $22,269,000 2016 $0 $0 2017 $0 $0 2018 $0 $0 2014 ($21,740,000) $21,740,000 2015 ($22,269,000) $22,269,000 2016 $0 $0 2017 $0 $0 2018 $0 $0 Fiscal Analysis The bill would amend the Transportation Code related to the allocation of certain revenue to the Texas Rail Relocation and Improvement Fund. The bill would stipulate that $5 of each fee imposed under Subsection (a)(1) of Chapter 501.138 of the Transportation Code, relating to the fees collected for motor vehicle title certificates, be deposited to the credit of the Texas Rail Relocation and Improvement Fund 0306. Currently this amount is deposited to GR Account 5071 Emissions Reduction Plan. The bill would allow money deposited to Fund 0306 to be used to fund infrastructure projects to reduce air pollution and relieve congestion through rail relocation or improvement. The bill would repeal Section 501.138(b-3) as a conforming change. The bill would make conforming changes to the Health and Safety Code. This bill would take effect September 1, 2013. Methodology The bill would direct that $5 from the fees currently deposited in GR Account 5071 from motor vehicle certificates instead be deposited in Fund 0306 beginning in fiscal 2014. The amount of revenue forecast in the 2014-15 Biennial Revenue Estimate for GR Account 5071 from motor vehicle certificates was taken and shown as a gain to Texas Rail and Relocation Improvement Fund 0306 for fiscal 2014 and 2015. The dedication of revenues received from motor vehicle certificates to GR Account 5071 will, under current law, expire at the end of fiscal 2015 and are scheduled to be deposited to the credit of the Texas Mobility Fund 0365. Due, however, to the provisions of Art. 3, Sec 49-k, f and f(1), Texas Constitution, and assuming no replacement revenues flowing into the Texas Mobility Fund, this analysis assumes no change in current law revenue flows during fiscal year 2016 and thereafter. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts LBB Staff: UP, AG, SD, KK UP, AG, SD, KK