LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
March 1, 1999
TO: Honorable Clyde Alexander, Chair, House Committee on
Transportation
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1041 by Rangel (Relating to the registration period
for a truck-tractor or commercial motor vehicle
transporting seasonal agricultural products; providing a
penalty), As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB1041, As Introduced: positive impact of $0 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 $0 *
* 2001 0 *
* 2002 0 *
* 2003 0 *
* 2004 0 *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Cost from Probable Revenue Probable Revenue *
* Year State Highway Fund Loss from State Loss from Counties *
* 0006 Highway Fund *
* 0006 *
* 2000 $(206,889) $(933,560) $(480,925) *
* 2001 (47,549) (946,840) (487,766) *
* 2002 (48,230) (960,488) (494,797) *
* 2003 (48,920) (974,279) (501,901) *
* 2004 (49,619) (988,230) (509,089) *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would allow a monthly registration period for truck-tractors or
commercial motor vehicles that are used exclusively to transport a
seasonal agricultural product and would otherwise be registered for a
vehicle registration year.
Methodology
The Texas Department of Transportation, TxDot, assumed in their estimates
that registrations would be purchased for the maximum of six months.
TxDot estimated that the average commercial vehicle registration fee is
$54, of which the state retains 66 percent ($36) and the counties retain
34 percent ($18). The average fee for combination-registered vehicles
is $631, of which the state retains 66 percent ($416) and the counties
retain 34 percent ($215). TxDot estimated there would be a revenue loss
to the state as a result of affected vehicles being registered for only
a portion of the standard 12-month registration year. TxDot estimates
include costs for programming changes and other costs associated with
the implementation of provisions of the bill.
Local Government Impact
TxDot estimated that counties would realize a revenue loss as a result of
affected vehicles being registered for only a portion of the standard
12-month registration year.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: JK, PE, ML