LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 12, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Ken Armbrister, Chair        IN RE: Committee Substitute
         Committee on State Affairs                            for Senate
         Senate                                 Bill No. 1360
         Austin, Texas








FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1360 (relating to the operation and management of the Texas
Turnpike Authority) 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 Transportation to
expend money, from any source available, for costs of Turnpike
Projects, provided that any monies expended out of the State
Highway Fund be repaid to the fund from tolls or other turnpike
revenue.

The bill also provides that in the event of nonpayment of a
proper toll the Turnpike Authority shall send notice to the
registered owner of the vehicle and would be authorized to assess
an administrative fee as well as collection of the toll amount.
In addition, should the registered owner of the vehicle fail to
pay the toll and the administrative fee in the allotted time a
traffic citation would be issued for the nonpayment with the
owner being required to pay a fine of not more than $250. Should
the owner of the registered motor vehicle with unpaid fees seek
to register the vehicle, the Department of Transportation,
through the county tax collector, would deny registration until
said fees and fines are paid.

The Department of Transportation stated there could be some costs    




associated with the bill, however, information regarding those
costs is unavailable at this time.
 

The fiscal implication to  units of local government cannot be
determined.


Source:   Department of Transportation
          LBB Staff: JK, ML, DF