LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
May 21, 2001
TO: Honorable James E. "Pete" Laney, Speaker of the House,
House of Representatives
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB116 by Najera (Relating to registration with the
Selective Service System of certain applicants for a
driver's license.), As Passed 2nd House
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB116, As Passed 2nd House: negative impact of $(168,960) through *
* the biennium ending August 31, 2003. *
* *
* 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 *
* 2002 $(168,960) *
* 2003 0 *
* 2004 0 *
* 2005 0 *
* 2006 0 *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) from *
* General Revenue Fund *
* 0001 *
* 2002 $(168,960) *
* 2003 0 *
* 2004 0 *
* 2005 0 *
* 2006 0 *
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Technology Impact
The Department of Public Safety's (DPS) Distributive Driver's License
System (DDL) and the Driver License Basic Record, as well as DPS's
on-line and batch Driver's License System would require modification by
contract programmers. A new program would have to be created to capture
the information required for registration, and to transmit this
information to the United States Selective Service System (Selective
Service).
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would require DPS to send information in an electronic format to
the Selective Service. DPS would be required to send all the
information necessary to register male applicants under the Military
Selective Service, should such applicants voluntarily decide to register
in this fashion. DPS would have to develop a consent statement that
would need to be filled out to constitute a complete application for a
driver's license or personal identification certificate.
The bill would take effect on September 1, 2001.
Methodology
DPS estimates the need for 352 contract programming hours to update the
DDL, 704 contract programming hours to modify the on-line and batch
Driver's License System, and 352 hours of contract programming to modify
the Driver License Basic Record. DPS estimates the cost per programming
hour to be $120, resulting in a total contract programming cost of
$168,960.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 405 Texas Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: JK, RB, DG