LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session March 25, 1997 TO: Honorable Ron E. Lewis, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 1532 Committee on County Affairs By: Woolley House Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB1532 ( Relating to refusing to register a vehicle for or suspending the driver's license of a person who owes a fine, fee, or tax to certain counties.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB1532-As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. This bill would allow a county tax assessor-collector (CTAC) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to refuse to register a vehicle if the CTAC or TxDOT receives information that the owner of the vehicle owes the county money for a fine, fee or tax that is past due. This bill would also allow the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to revoke a driver's license or prohibit a person from obtaining a driver's license when DPS is notified that the person owes the county for a fine, fee or tax that is past due. The bill would allow the county to contract with both TxDOT and DPS to provide them with the information necessary to make a determination. The county would also be allowed to set an additional fee to reimburse expenses for providing services under the contract. This would only apply to a county with a population of 2.8 million or more. Assuming that most persons owing taxes, fines, or fees past due would choose to make payments necessary to avoid license revocation or refusal of vehicle registration, it is not anticipated that the number of license revocation requests would be sufficient to cause a significant increase in the workload of DPS or TxDOT. Because the bill would not have statewide impact on units of local government of the same type or class, no comment from this office is required by the rules of the house as to its probable fiscal implication to units of local government. Source: Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts 405 Department of Public Safety LBB Staff: JK ,TL ,RS