LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 12, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Tom Haywood, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Agriculture
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB518 by Cain (Relating to registration of certain farm
               vehicles and trailers.), As Introduced
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  SB518, 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 Revenue Loss from      Probable Revenue Loss from    *
* Year          State Highway Fund                   Counties             *
*                      0006                                               *
*  2000                      $(8,307,649)                    $(4,258,858) *
*  2001                         (712,727)                       (365,373) *
*  2002                         (722,989)                       (370,635) *
*  2003                         (733,253)                       (375,898) *
*  2004                         (743,731)                       (377,807) *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would allow additional people to qualify for Farm Truck, Farm
Truck Tractor, and Farm Trailer license plates.
  
  
Methodology
  
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) estimated that provisions
of the bill would cause a 20 percent increase in registrations for Farm
Trailer, Truck, and Truck Tractor license plates the first year and that
the vehicle registration population would increase at a rate of 1.43
percent each year.  In addition, TxDOT estimated that the bill would
cause a 20 percent decrease in the Trailer, Truck, and Combination
registration fees the first year and remain constant.  TxDOT estimated
there would be revenue implications from a shift from truck, trailer,
and combination plates to the various farm plates at a lower
registration fee.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
TxDOT estimated that revenue implications could occur in qualifying more
people for various farm plates.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DE, ML