LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
April 9, 1997
TO: Honorable Kenneth Armbrister, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 1486
Committee on State Affairs By: Bivins
Senate
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1486 ( Relating
to the regulation of motor carriers.) this office has detemined
the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1486-As Introduced
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net
positive impact of $18,543,150 to General Revenue Related Funds
through the biennium ending August 31, 1999.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would provide for an optional two-year motor carrier
registration and the issuance of a temporary permit that is
valid for less than one year. The bill would add new sections
to the definition of a commercial motor vehicle pertaining to
vehicle weights and vehicles operated for compensation or hire.
Methodolgy
The Department of Transportation assumes that the additional
population of new carriers and vehicles required to be registered
as Texas motor carriers would include all operators of vehicles
weighing between 10,000 and 26,000 pounds which transport commodities
across state lines, regardless of the "for hire" status of the
vehicles. In addition, the department assumes that all operators
of for-hire vehicles designed to carry between seven and fifteen
passengers would be required to register as motor carriers under
provisions of the bill.
The department has estimated that
47,500 additional carriers and 380,000 additional vehicles would
be required to be registered. The department has estimated that
an additional twenty-six staff at a total annual cost of $796,433
would be required to process the additional registrations. Additional
operating costs were estimated to be $432,920 for fiscal year
1998 and $112,888 in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter.
The
department has estimated that revenue for the registration of
additional motor carriers and vehicles would be $13.35 million
for 1998 and $5,193,150 every year thereafter.
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 State General Revenue Employees from
Highway Fund Fund FY 1997
0006 0001
1998 ($1,229,353) $13,350,000 26.0
1998 (909,321) 5,193,150 26.0
2000 (909,321) 5,193,150 26.0
2001 (909,321) 5,193,150 26.0
2002 (909,321) 5,193,150 26.0
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 $13,350,000
1999 5,193,150
2000 5,193,150
2001 5,193,150
2002 5,193,150
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
LBB Staff: JK ,JD ,ML