LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
March 27, 1997
TO: Honorable Clyde Alexander, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 350, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Committee on Transportation By: Pitts
House
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB350 ( Relating
to the issuance of a motorcycle driver's license and the wearing
of protective heargear by certain motorcycle operators and passengers.)
this office has detemined the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB350-Committee Report 1st House, Substituted FN Revision 1
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net
negative impact of $ (0) to General Revenue Related Funds through
the biennium ending August 31, 1999.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would prohibit the Department of Public Safety (DPS)
from issuing an original Class M license to an applicant unless
they have completed and passed a training course. The bill also
requires that the DPS make the course available to the applicants.
Methodolgy
DPS estimates that an additional 15,000 students taking the
training course would be required by the bill. In addition,
the bill would provide for added training sites and doubling
the number of instructors that would be required for training
purposes. Current cost for students taking the training course
is $100. DPS estimates that a large portion of the cost for
the training course would be absorbed by increasing student's
tuition to $600.
The probable fiscal implications of implementing the provisions
of the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Five Year Impact:
Fiscal Year Probable Change in Number
Savings/(Cost) of State
from Motorcycle Employees from
Education FY 1997
Account/
GR-Dedicated
0501
1998 ($86,988) 5.0
1998 (88,089) 5.0
2000 (88,089) 5.0
2001 (88,089) 5.0
2002 (88,089) 5.0
Net Impact on General Revenue Related Funds:
The probable fiscal implication to General Revenue related funds
during each of the first five years is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Year Probable Net Postive/(Negative)
General Revenue Related Funds
Funds
1998 $0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 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: Agencies: 601 Department of Transportation
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: JK ,PE ,ML