LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
April 15, 1999
TO: Honorable Bob Turner, Chair, House Committee on Public
Safety
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB865 by Puente (Relating to the change of a driver's
license or personal identification certificate number of
a victim of domestic violence.), As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB865, As Introduced: positive impact of $428,788 through the *
* biennium ending August 31, 2001. *
* *
* The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal *
* basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of *
* the bill. *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) *
* Impact to General Revenue Related *
* Funds *
* 2000 $97,491 *
* 2001 331,297 *
* 2002 331,297 *
* 2003 331,297 *
* 2004 331,297 *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Probable Revenue Change in Number of *
* Year Savings/(Cost) from Gain/(Loss) from State Employees from *
* General Revenue Fund General Revenue Fund FY 1999 *
* 0001 0001 *
* 2000 $(402,509) $500,000 6.0 *
* 2001 (168,703) 500,000 6.0 *
* 2002 (168,703) 500,000 6.0 *
* 2003 (168,703) 500,000 6.0 *
* 2004 (168,703) 500,000 6.0 *
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Technology Impact
It is estimated that the Technology Impact for the bill would be $231,026
for Fiscal Year 2000.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would require the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to issue a
new driver's license number or personal Identification number upon
request of a person who is a victim of domestic violence.
Methodology
According to the 1997 Texas Crime Report, there was 195,670 victims of
domestic violence in 1997. Assuming that approximately 25 percent of
these victims would request a new driver's license or personal
identification number as a result of the bill, DPS would have to handle
roughly 50,000 such applications per year. Consequently, the Department
would need 6 additional employees to handle inquiries and process
driver's license transactions in field offices; respond to telephonic and
fax machine inquiries related to the bill; document and reconcile the
number changes for the Driver's License files; and re-establish the
Driver's License files and microfilm the field transactions. The
Department's Information Management Service would incur contract
programming costs of an estimated $200,00 to perform necessary computer
programming changes to allow for electronic transfer of driver's license
history files (Without the capability of electronic transfer of history
files, employee demands would be substantially greater).
The bill would also generate revenue. The fee for a duplicate driver's
license or identification certificate is $10.00. Hence, it is estimated
that the bill would produce approximately $500,000 in additional fee
revenues, annually.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 405 Dept Of Public Safety
LBB Staff: JK, MD