LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
April 2, 1997
TO: Honorable Keith Oakley, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 972
Committee on Public Safety By: Jones, Jesse
House
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB972 ( Relating
to systems for providing access to driver's license record information
held by the Department of Public Safety.) this office has detemined
the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB972-As Introduced
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net
positive impact of $8,819,000 to General Revenue Related Funds
through the biennium ending August 31, 1999.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would allow the Department of Public Safety to establish
a system to provide interactive access to certain driver record
information by entities other than law enforcement agencies
and authorizes the Department to accept and process requests
for information from the National Driver Register concerning
individual drivers. The bill would set a fee for these services
and establish a special account in the General Revenue Fund
for the administration of the program.
Methodolgy
The bill contains two provisions dealing with the interactive
driver's license information system. The first provision would
establish different fees depending on the information requested
and dedicate a portion to the Department in a special General
Revenue Account for the administration of the system. Based
on the experience in states with a similar system and number
of drivers, it is estimated the system would process 1 million
requests per year.
The second provision of the bill authorizes
the Department to process request for information from the National
Driver Register system. If all commercially employed drivers
request NDR checks bi-annually, this would generate an estimated
586,000 requests for information each year.
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 Probable Revenue Probable Revenue Change in Number
Savings/(Cost) Gain/(Loss) from Gain/(Loss) from of State
from New - GR New - GR Dedicated General Revenue Employees from
Dedicated Fund FY 1997
NEW-DED NEW-DED 0001
1998 ($348,764) $500,000 $4,362,000 9.0
1998 (298,501) 500,000 4,457,000 9.0
2000 (376,585) 500,000 4,552,000 12.0
2001 (373,218) 500,000 4,647,000 12.0
2002 (453,053) 500,000 4,742,000 15.0
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 $4,362,000
1999 4,457,000
2000 4,552,000
2001 4,647,000
2002 4,742,000
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as
the provisions of the bill are in effect.
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government
is anticipated.
Source: Agencies: 405 Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: JK ,CB ,RS ,RT