LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 15, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Carlos F. Truan, Chair       IN RE:  Senate BillNo. 1420
         Committee on International Relations,          By: Truan
         Trade & Technology
         Senate
         Austin, Texas







FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1420 (relating to temporary registration permits for commercial
motor vehicles) 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 temporary 72 hour and
144 hour permits for the movement of commercial motor vehicle,
trailers, semitrailers and motor buses owned by residents of
Mexico who are subject to registration in Texas and not
authorized to travel on the public roads of the state for lack of
registration or lack of reciprocity.  The fee for a 72 hour
permit is $25 and the fee for a 144 hour permit is $50.  The bill
would require that an operator of a vehicle show evidence of
financial responsibility prior to issuance of a temporary permit. 


The Texas Department of Transportation estimates that there will
be a cost to the agency but the information is not available at
this 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 Revenue 
             Year    Gain to State   
                    Highway Fund 006 
                                     
          1996               $300,000
          1997                300,000
                                     
          1998                300,000
                                     
          1999                300,000
          2000                300,000
                                     
                                     
                                     

       Similar 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
          LBB Staff: JK, ML, RR