LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 20, 2013 TO: Honorable Robert Nichols, Chair, Senate Committee On Transportation FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB181 by Hegar (Relating to the use of a wireless communication device to provide evidence of motor vehicle financial responsibility.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. 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. The bill would stipulate an operator's use of an image on a wireless communication 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 wireless communication device except to view the financial responsibility information. The bill would also stipulate an individual must display a paper copy of the person's financial responsibility information upon demand of a court or the commissioner of insurance. 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:454 Department of Insurance, 405 Department of Public Safety LBB Staff: UP, AG, AI, JAW, RB, KKR
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 20, 2013
TO: Honorable Robert Nichols, Chair, Senate Committee On Transportation FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB181 by Hegar (Relating to the use of a wireless communication device to provide evidence of motor vehicle financial responsibility.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Robert Nichols, Chair, Senate Committee On Transportation
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB181 by Hegar (Relating to the use of a wireless communication device to provide evidence of motor vehicle financial responsibility.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Robert Nichols, Chair, Senate Committee On Transportation
Honorable Robert Nichols, Chair, Senate Committee On Transportation
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB181 by Hegar (Relating to the use of a wireless communication device to provide evidence of motor vehicle financial responsibility.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB181 by Hegar (Relating to the use of a wireless communication device to provide evidence of motor vehicle financial responsibility.), 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 provide a motor vehicle operator with the option of providing evidence of financial responsibility in an electronic format displayed on a wireless communication device. The bill would stipulate an operator's use of an image on a wireless communication 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 wireless communication device except to view the financial responsibility information. The bill would also stipulate an individual must display a paper copy of the person's financial responsibility information upon demand of a court or the commissioner of insurance. 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 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. The bill would stipulate an operator's use of an image on a wireless communication 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 wireless communication device except to view the financial responsibility information.
The bill would also stipulate an individual must display a paper copy of the person's financial responsibility information upon demand of a court or the commissioner of insurance.
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: 454 Department of Insurance, 405 Department of Public Safety
454 Department of Insurance, 405 Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: UP, AG, AI, JAW, RB, KKR
UP, AG, AI, JAW, RB, KKR