LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                               May 14, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Frank Madla, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Intergovernmental Relations
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB 108  by Alvarado (Relating to motor vehicle liability
               insurance for vehicles operated by peace officers in
               certain counties.), As Engrossed
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill only applies to Bexar, Harris and Dallas Counties, and it would
require that each county insure privately owned vehicles used for county
business or law enforcement.

According to the Comptroller, the cost to Bexar County would be
approximately $33,275 per year and the cost to Harris County would be
approximately $237,922 per year. This estimate is based on a $605 per
vehicle annual basic insurance cost for 55 privately owned vehicles that
would require liability insurance in Bexar County and a $674 per vehicle
annual basic insurance cost for 353 privately owned vehicles that would
require the insurance in Harris County. The cost assumes a Ford Crown
Victoria sedan as the standard.

Dallas County already provides county-owned vehicles for the sheriff,
constables and constable deputies, so there would be no fiscal impact to
Dallas County.
  
  
Source Agencies:   304   Comptroller Of Pub Accts
LBB Staff:         JK, TL