LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 26, 2015 TO: Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB3704 by Canales (Relating to the development of a statewide motor vehicle registration program to prevent transnational motor vehicle theft, including authorizing proposed fees to support the program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the Department of Public Safety is anticipated.The bill could provide an indeterminate revenue gain to DPS. The bill would amend the Government Code to require the Department of Public Safety to develop a statewide motor vehicle registration program to prevent transnational motor vehicle theft, provided the legislature provides by general law for the implementation of the program. The bill would allow DPS to impose a registration fee in an amount sufficient to recover the cost of administrating the program. It is assumed that implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing agency resources. The revenues generated by the fee authorized by the bill would depend on whether the additional legislation to implement the program is enacted; the amount of the fee; and the number of individuals paying the fee. These factors cannot be determined. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety LBB Staff: UP, ESi, AI, JAW, ADe
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 26, 2015
TO: Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB3704 by Canales (Relating to the development of a statewide motor vehicle registration program to prevent transnational motor vehicle theft, including authorizing proposed fees to support the program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB3704 by Canales (Relating to the development of a statewide motor vehicle registration program to prevent transnational motor vehicle theft, including authorizing proposed fees to support the program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety
Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB3704 by Canales (Relating to the development of a statewide motor vehicle registration program to prevent transnational motor vehicle theft, including authorizing proposed fees to support the program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB3704 by Canales (Relating to the development of a statewide motor vehicle registration program to prevent transnational motor vehicle theft, including authorizing proposed fees to support the program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the Department of Public Safety is anticipated.The bill could provide an indeterminate revenue gain to DPS.
No significant fiscal implication to the Department of Public Safety is anticipated.The bill could provide an indeterminate revenue gain to DPS.
The bill would amend the Government Code to require the Department of Public Safety to develop a statewide motor vehicle registration program to prevent transnational motor vehicle theft, provided the legislature provides by general law for the implementation of the program. The bill would allow DPS to impose a registration fee in an amount sufficient to recover the cost of administrating the program. It is assumed that implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing agency resources. The revenues generated by the fee authorized by the bill would depend on whether the additional legislation to implement the program is enacted; the amount of the fee; and the number of individuals paying the fee. These factors cannot be determined.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: UP, ESi, AI, JAW, ADe
UP, ESi, AI, JAW, ADe