LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
April 30, 1999
TO: Honorable Clyde Alexander, Chair, House Committee on
Transportation
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2814 by Seaman (Relating to funding for certain
causeways or bridges.), Committee Report 1st House,
Substituted
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB2814, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: 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 State Probable Revenue Gain to *
* Year Highway Fund Counties *
* 0006 *
* 2000 $(102,223) $6,592,908 *
* 2001 0 6,687,186 *
* 2002 0 6,782,812 *
* 2003 0 6,879,806 *
* 2004 0 6,978,188 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would give counties which border the Gulf of Mexico the option
of charging an additional fee of up to $2 for registration. The bill
would require the extra fee to be deposited in a special fund in the
county treasury and used only to pay for the construction, improvement,
or maintenance of a bridge or causeway between the mainland and a
barrier island.
Methodology
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDot) assumed that eight of the
sixteen eligible counties would opt to charge the additional fee in the
amount of $2.00. TxDot also assumed that the revenue gain would increase
proportionately with the increase in vehicle registrations, 1.43 percent
annually. Costs to revise the registration and titling system to track
the optional county fee were included in the TxDot estimates.
Local Government Impact
The department estimated there would be revenue implications to the
eligible counties choosing to implement the provisions of the bill
authorizing the additional fee.
Source Agencies: 601 Department of Transportation
LBB Staff: JK, PE, ML