LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
April 2, 1995
TO: Honorable Ken Armbrister, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 976
Committee on State Affairs By: Wentworth
Senate
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
976 (Relating to the issuance of specially designed Texas nature
license plates and establishing the environmental education
account in the general revenue fund.) 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 provide for the issuance of special Texas nature
license plates for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles
having a manufacture's rated capacity of one ton or less. The
Texas Department of Transportation would be required to set a
reasonable fee for the plates, of which, 65% would be deposited
to the credit of an environmental education account established
in the general Revenue with 35% deposited to the credit of the
State Highway Fund. Those amounts credited to the State Highway
Fund would be used only for the cost of administering the
provision.
The bill would exempt the environmental education account from
the application of Section 403.094 and 403.095, Government Code.
Although there may be some costs to the Central Education Agency
information regarding those costs was not available at the time.
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 Probable Revenue
Year of State Highway Gain to State Gain to the
Fund 006 Highway Fund 006 Environmental
Education Account
1996 $57,729 $40,000 $75,000
1997 36,595 40,000 75,000
1998 36,595 40,000 75,000
1999 36,595 40,000 75,000
2000 36,595 40,000 75,000
Fiscal Probable Cost to
Year Local Governments
1996 $2,185
1997 2,185
1998 2,185
1999 2,185
2000 2,185
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
Transportation,
Central Education Agency -Administration
LBB Staff: JK, ML, DF