LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session May 7, 1999 TO: Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health Services FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB1891 by Gallegos (relating to the regulation of ice cream pushcart vendors; providing a criminal penalty), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted ************************************************************************** * Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for * * SB1891, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: positive impact * * of $119,466 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. * ************************************************************************** General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: **************************************************** * Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) * * Impact to General Revenue Related * * Funds * * 2000 $99,408 * * 2001 20,058 * * 2002 20,058 * * 2003 20,058 * * 2004 20,058 * **************************************************** All Funds, Five-Year Impact: ************************************************************************** *Fiscal Probable Probable Revenue Change in Number of * * Year Savings/(Cost) from Gain/(Loss) from State Employees from * * General Revenue Fund General Revenue Fund FY 1999 * * 0001 0001 * * 2000 $(97,392) $196,800 2.0 * * 2001 (102,942) 123,000 2.0 * * 2002 (102,942) 123,000 2.0 * * 2003 (102,942) 123,000 2.0 * * 2004 (102,942) 123,000 2.0 * ************************************************************************** Fiscal Analysis The bill would require the regulation of ice cream push cart vendors by the Texas Department of Health (TDH) and provide a criminal penalty. An ice cream push cart vendor would not furnish ice cream to the public unless the vendor holds a certificate from TDH and has paid TDH a fee of $200 for an initial or renewal certificate. Methodology It is estimated that there are an estimated 984 ice cream push cart vendors statewide requiring an inspection. Vendors would be inspected two times per year in order to determine compliance with TDH rules (984 vendors X 2 inspections = 1,968 inspections per year). Travel will be statewide and it is estimated that the travel and per diem cost will be $500 per trip. It will take 48 trips to inspect each vendor two times per year ($500 X 48 trips = $24,000 travel per year). Personnel costs include two positions to implement and administer the program and provide enforcement and compliance, one Sanitarian IV ($23,841 in year one and $31,788 each year thereafter) to conduct inspections statewide. One Administrative Technician II position ($16,389 in year one and $21,852 each year thereafter) to issue the licenses and provide clerical support. Fees would be set at $200 that a vendor would pay TDH for a license (984 vendors X $200 fee = $196,800 revenue) and an inspection fee of $125 each year thereafter (984 x 125 = 123,000). The cost reflects a 25 percent phase-in for FY2000 for agency costs and includes start-up costs for equipment and supplies. Total costs would range from $97,393 in year one, to $102,942 each year thereafter. These cost include salaries, travel, rent and operating expenses, and computers. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: 501 Department of Health LBB Staff: JK, TP