LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
May 5, 1997
TO: Honorable Keith Oakley, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 2855
Committee on Public Safety By: Hupp
House
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2855 ( Relating
to the eligibility of certain individuals for a license to carry
a concealed handgun and to the places where those licensed individuals
are permitted to carry handguns.) this office has detemined
the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2855-As Introduced
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net
positive impact of $1,673,945 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 change the minimum age at which a person is eligible
for a license to carry a concealed handgun from 21 years of
age, to 18 years of age. The bill would also allow an individual
with a concealed handgun license to carry a concealed weapon
on the premises of a public institution of higher education.
This
act takes effect September 1, 1997.
Methodolgy
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) estimates that 8,516 applications
for concealed handguns would be requested by persons aged 18,
19 and 20. This estimate is based on the assumption that 1%
of the 851,655 eighteen, nineteen and twenty year old population
will apply for a license to carry a concealed handgun.
In
order to accommodate the number of additional requests for concealed
handgun permits, DPS would need nine additional employees in
the Traffic Law Enforcement Division, one employee in the Handgun
Licensing Unit, and one employee in the Central Cash Receiving
Unit.
Additional revenue would be generated from the 8,516
applications filed each year at $140 each and 5,961 renewal
applications (beginning in 2002) estimated at $70 each. The
renewal permits from persons affected by the bill would begin
in fiscal year 2002.
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 Change in Number
Savings/(Cost) Gain/(Loss) from of State
from General General Revenue Employees from
Revenue Fund Fund FY 1997
0001 0001
1998 ($386,695) $1,192,240 11.0
1998 (323,840) 1,192,240 11.0
2000 (323,840) 1,192,240 11.0
2001 (323,840) 1,192,240 11.0
2002 (323,840) 1,609,510 11.0
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 $805,545
1999 868,400
2000 868,400
2001 868,400
2002 1,285,670
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
781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: JK ,CB ,GG ,RS