LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 74th Regular Session April 12, 1995 TO: Honorable Clyde Alexander, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 2584 Committee on Transportation By: Alexander House of Representatives Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No. 2584 (Relating to the weight of vehicles transporting recyclable materials.) 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 allow vehicles, other than tractor-trailor combination vehicles, equipped with container roll-off units and exclusively transporting recyclable materials, to be operated on the public streets and highways of the State. The owner, except if the owner is a municipality, of said vehicle shall first file with the State Department of Transportation a surety bond in the principal sum, as fixed by the Department, not to be greater than $15,000 for each vehicle. Any person, corporation, or receiver who violates any provision of the Act would, upon conviction, be punished by a fine and for subsequent convictions, increased fines and imprisonment. The Department of Transportation has indicated costs associated with the bill are indeterminable at this time. The fiscal implication to the State or units of local government cannot be determined. Source: Department of Transportation LBB Staff: JK, ML, DF