Honorable Terry Canales, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2173 by Krause (Relating to a limitation on fees that may be charged by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles for the disclosure of personal information contained in a motor vehicle record.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB2173, As Introduced : an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2023.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact:
Fiscal Year
Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2022
$0
2023
$0
2024
$0
2025
$0
2026
$0
All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
Fiscal Year
Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Fund 10 10
2022
($2,595,357)
2023
($2,595,357)
2024
($2,595,357)
2025
($2,595,357)
2026
($2,595,357)
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend Transportation Code §730.011 to specify that the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) may not adopt fees for the disclosure of personal information contained in a motor vehicle record except for certain disclosures required under §730.005 and §730.006.
The bill would take effect on September 1, 2021.
Methodology
The bill would prohibit TxDMV from adopting fees and charging fees for the disclosure of personal information authorized in Chapter 730 of the Transportation Code but would not prohibit the disclosure of such information as authorized under that chapter. The agency has established fees by administrative rule for requests for motor vehicle record information and reports $2.6 million in revenue collections to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Fund in fiscal year 2020 from requests for which the agency would no longer be authorized to charge fees under the provisions of the bill. Based on the information provided by TxDMV, it is assumed implementation of the bill would result in a revenue loss of approximately $2.6 million each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2022 from the Department of Motor Vehicles Fund 10.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.