LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
March 22, 1999
TO: Honorable Bob Turner, Chair, House Committee on Public
Safety
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1983 by Bosse (Relating to the continuation and
functions of the Advisory Commission on State Emergency
Communications.), As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB1983, 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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This bill would continue the Advisory Commission on State Emergency
Communications, create a new dedicated account in the General Revenue
Fund, and result in an annual revenue gain of more than $173,000 in the
General Revenue-Dedicated Account No. 5007, Advisory Commission on
Emergency Communications.
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 Probable Probable Probable Change in *
* Year Savings/ Revenue Savings/ Revenue Number of *
* (Cost) from Gain/(Loss) (Cost) from Gain/(Loss) State *
* Advisory from 9-1-1 from 9-1-1 Employees *
* Commission Advisory Services Services from FY 1999 *
* on Commission Fee Account Fee Account *
* Emergency on - GR - GR *
* Communicat- Emergency Dedicated Dedicated *
* ion Communicat- *
* Account/ ion *
* GR- Account/ *
* Dedicated GR- *
* 5007 Dedicated *
* 5007 *
* 2000 $(73,022) $1,535,000 $29,830,000 3.0 *
* $(29,830, *
* 000) *
* 2001 (68,022) 173,000 28,795,000 3.0 *
* (28,795,000) *
* 2002 (68,022) 179,000 29,373,000 3.0 *
* (29,373,000) *
* 2003 (68,022) 185,000 29,985,000 3.0 *
* (29,985,000) *
* 2004 (68,022) 191,000 30,635,000 3.0 *
* (30,635,000) *
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Technology Impact
Microcomputer and related equipment and software for the additional
employees the Advisory Commission on State Emergency Communications
estimates will be needed to implement the bill.
Fiscal Analysis
This bill continues the Advisory Commission on State Emergency
Communications, reduces the size of the Commission, requires the
Commission to contract with the Councils of Government for 9-1-1
services, ties the 9-1-1 regional planning process to the state
appropriations process, and makes the following changes to the state's
funding structure for 9-1-1 services:
* reduces the amount of time telephone providers may retain emergency
service fee and the 9-1-1 and poison control surcharge from 60 to 30
days;
* transfers responsiblity for collection, assessment of late payment
penalties, and auditing of telephone providers from the Advisory
Commission to the Office of the Comptroller;
* reduces the administrative fee retained by the telephone providers from
2 to 1 percent;
* requires that the emergency service fees for wireline and wireless
calls be remitted to the State Treasury, rather than the Councils of
Government (COGs); and,
* establishes a dedicated account in the General Revenue fund to receive
emergency service fees and requires that this account only be used to
fund 9-1-1 service.
It is anticipated that three additional employees will be required to
implement a formal contracting and contract monitoring process with the
COGs and other provisions of the bill. Annual cost savings due to the
transfer of telephone provider audits to the Office of the Comptroller
are $58,500.
All revenue in the new general revenue dedicated account for 9-1-1
service fees would be disbursed to the COGs through the 9-1-1 service
contracts. There would be a one-time revenue gain in the existing
general revenue dedicated account for the Advisory Commission of $1.5
million due to the reduction in the administrative fee and the
remittance period. A similar one-time revenue gain would occur in the
new account for 9-1-1 service fees. Annual revenue gains to the general
revenue dedicated account no. 5007 are due to the reduction in the
administrative fee.
Methodology
These cost and revenue projections are based on information provided by
the Advisory Commission, the Sunset Advisory Commission, and from
amounts included in the Comptroller's Biennial Revenue Estimate. Since
a reliable estimate of the number and amount of late payments is not
available, no revenue gains from late payment penalties are included in
this fiscal impact statement.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated. Councils of Government will continue to receive emergency
service fees, and if needed, surcharge demand revenue to fund 9-1-1
services.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: JK, MD, PH, ZS