LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
April 3, 1995
TO: Honorable Ron Wilson, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 2693
Committee on Licensing & By: Yarbrough
Administrative Procedures
House of Representatives
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
2693 (Relating to elevator inspections.) 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 the Texas Department of Licensing and
Regulation to inspect elevators, escalators, or related equipment
that appear dangerous. The costs shown below assume 1,200
inspections per year.
The bill also raises fees registration fees from $10 to $15.
Filing fees of inspection reports are increased from $15 to $20.
Fees are to be deposited into an account of the general revenue
fund to be used only by the commissioner of licensing and
regulation.
Local municipalities would be required to adopt equipment safety
standards as stringent as those of the state.
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 General Gain from General Number of State
Revenue Fund 001 Revenue Fund 001 Employees from
FY 1995
1996 $79,000 $100,000 2.0
1997 75,000 100,000 2.0
1998 75,000 100,000 2.0
1999 75,000 100,000 2.0
2000 75,000 100,000 2.0
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source: Department of Licensing and Regulation
LBB Staff: JK, LR, DF