LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 17, 1995



 TO:     Honorable David Sibley, Chair          IN RE:  Committee
         Committee on Economic Development      Substitute for
         Senate                                                Senate Bill
         Austin, Texas                          No. 1044










FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1044 (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.  It would require the department to
provide for annual inspections and certification of elevators and
related equipment.  The department would also certify inspectors. 
In addition, the department would conduct random inspections of
buildings to check for compliance.

The bill would raise registration fees from $10 to $15 and would
add a $5 per elevator fee.   Filing fees of inspection reports
would be increased from $15 to $20.  Fees would 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     Probable  Revenue      Change in    
             Year       Out of            Gain  to        Number of State 
                    General Revenue    General  Revenue    Employees from 
                       Fund 001           Fund  001           FY 1995     
                                                                          
          1996              $360,000            $400,000               7.0
          1997               360,000             400,000               7.0
                                                                          
          1998               360,000             400,000               7.0
                                                                          
          1999               360,000             400,000               7.0
          2000               360,000             400,000               7.0
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          
       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:   Department of Licensing and Regulation
          LBB Staff: JK, LR