LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 26, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on
               State Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB1035  by Moncrief (relating to the release of motor
               vehicle accident reports and the disclosure of certain
               personal information from motor vehicle records;
               providing penalties), Committee Report 1st House,
               Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The fiscal assessment is based on the opinion that the bill would not
require the Department of Public Safety to compile, extract or arrange
records in an order not maintained in the Department's files.  The bill
would entitle all persons to access and copy accident information held
by the Department.  This information could be made available by giving
the people making requests direct access to the records.  If the bill
required that the Department compile and extract information using
criteria specified by those making requests, significant fiscal impact
would be incurred at both the state and local levels.  The bill,
however, would allow the affected agencies to charge the actual cost of
the preparation of the copy.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, SD, VS