LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
May 5, 1995
TO: Honorable Clyde Alexander, Chair, IN RE: Committee Substitute
Chair for
Committee on Transportation HouseBill No.
House of Representatives 1954
Austin, Texas By: Carter
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1954 (relating to the creation of an emergency telephone call box
system for highway users in this state) this office has
determined the following:
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
The bill would require the Department of Transportation to
establish a system of telephone emergency call boxes along
highways in the state that are part of the designated highway
system. The bill would require that, when fully implemented, the
distance between two call boxes would not exceed two miles,
except as prohibited by roadway conditions or when 24 hour
communication service exists. The Department would be required to
award one or more contracts to implement the system not later
than June 1, 1996 and require that installation of the system
begin not later than September 1, 1996.
The bill would require a $1 fee, in addition to the required fee
for issuance or renewal of a driver's license, and would be
deposited to the credit of a separate account in the State
Highway Fund and could only be used for the implementation or
administration of the emergency call box program.
The bill stipulates that money deposited in the State Highway
Fund for purpose established by the bill would be exempt from
Sections 403.094 and 403.095, Government Code.
The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Probable Cost Out Probable Revenue Change in
Year of State Highway Gain to State Number of State
Fund 006 Highway Fund 006 Employees from
FY 1995
1996 $4,865,000 $4,865,000 4.0
1997 4,725,000 4,725,000 4.0
1998 4,795,000 4,795,000 4.0
1999 4,938,000 4,938,000 4.0
2000 5,168,000 5,168,000 4.0
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
The fiscal implication to units of local government cannot be
determined.
Source: Comptroller of Public Accounts, Department of Public
Safety, Department of Transportation
LBB Staff: JK, ML, DF