LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 28, 2013 TO: Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB77 by Guillen (Relating to the verification of motor vehicle financial responsibility information.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would stipulate that a peace officer may not issue a citation for a failure to show financial responsibility unless a peace officer has access to a verification program and is unable to verify financial responsibility through that verification program. The bill would amend the Transportation Code to provide a motor vehicle operator with the option of providing evidence of financial responsibility in an electronic format displayed on a wireless communication device or other portable electronic device. The bill would stipulate an operator's use of an image on a wireless communication device or other portable electronic device to show financial responsibility information does not constitute effective consent for a law enforcement officer, or any other person, to access the contents of the device except to view the financial responsibility information. It is assumed the costs, if any, of implementing the bill could be absorbed within existing state agency resources. The bill would take effect immediately upon enactment, assuming it received the requisite two-thirds majority votes in both houses of the Legislature. Otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2013. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:405 Department of Public Safety, 454 Department of Insurance LBB Staff: UP, AG, JAW, RB, AI, KKR
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 28, 2013
TO: Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB77 by Guillen (Relating to the verification of motor vehicle financial responsibility information.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB77 by Guillen (Relating to the verification of motor vehicle financial responsibility information.), 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
HB77 by Guillen (Relating to the verification of motor vehicle financial responsibility information.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB77 by Guillen (Relating to the verification of motor vehicle financial responsibility information.), 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 stipulate that a peace officer may not issue a citation for a failure to show financial responsibility unless a peace officer has access to a verification program and is unable to verify financial responsibility through that verification program. The bill would amend the Transportation Code to provide a motor vehicle operator with the option of providing evidence of financial responsibility in an electronic format displayed on a wireless communication device or other portable electronic device. The bill would stipulate an operator's use of an image on a wireless communication device or other portable electronic device to show financial responsibility information does not constitute effective consent for a law enforcement officer, or any other person, to access the contents of the device except to view the financial responsibility information. It is assumed the costs, if any, of implementing the bill could be absorbed within existing state agency resources. The bill would take effect immediately upon enactment, assuming it received the requisite two-thirds majority votes in both houses of the Legislature. Otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2013.
The bill would stipulate that a peace officer may not issue a citation for a failure to show financial responsibility unless a peace officer has access to a verification program and is unable to verify financial responsibility through that verification program.
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to provide a motor vehicle operator with the option of providing evidence of financial responsibility in an electronic format displayed on a wireless communication device or other portable electronic device.
The bill would stipulate an operator's use of an image on a wireless communication device or other portable electronic device to show financial responsibility information does not constitute effective consent for a law enforcement officer, or any other person, to access the contents of the device except to view the financial responsibility information.
It is assumed the costs, if any, of implementing the bill could be absorbed within existing state agency resources. The bill would take effect immediately upon enactment, assuming it received the requisite two-thirds majority votes in both houses of the Legislature. Otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2013.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 405 Department of Public Safety, 454 Department of Insurance
405 Department of Public Safety, 454 Department of Insurance
LBB Staff: UP, AG, JAW, RB, AI, KKR
UP, AG, JAW, RB, AI, KKR