LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
April 23, 1995
TO: Honorable Keith Oakley, Chair IN RE: Committee Substitute
Committee on Public Safety for
House of Representatives House Bill
Austin, Texas No. 2543
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
2543 (relating to interactive access to driver license records of
the Department of Public Safety, creating access to National
Driver Register (NDR) records through the Department of Public
Safety, and authorizing fees for access to such information) this
office has determined the following:
The bill would authorize the Department of Public Safety to
establish a system which would provide interactive access to
certain driver record information by non-law enforcement
entities. The bill would establish a $2.50 fee for a status
check and a $4.50 fee for a three-year record. Fifty cents of
each fee collected under this subsection would be deposited into
a fund and would be appropriated for use by the department to
administer this article. Department of Public Safety estimates
indicate that the annual cost to implement the provisions of the
bill would be $35,526.
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 Revenue Probable Revenue
Year Gain to Gain to the
General Revenue
Fund 001 General Revenue
Fund 001
Dedicated to the
Department of
Public Safety
1996 $3,600,000 $500,000
1997 3,600,000 500,000
1998 3,600,000 500,000
1999 3,600,000 500,000
2000 3,600,000 500,000
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
LBB Staff: JK, BL, DF, RR