LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
February 12, 2001
TO: Honorable Bob Turner, Chair, House Committee on Public
Safety
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 or personal identification
certificate.), As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB116, As Introduced: negative impact of $(639,707) 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 $(426,339) *
* 2003 (213,368) *
* 2004 (213,761) *
* 2005 (236,459) *
* 2006 (236,852) *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Savings/(Cost) from Change in Number of State *
* Year General Revenue Fund Employees from FY 2001 *
* 0001 *
* 2002 $(426,339) 6.0 *
* 2003 (213,368) 6.0 *
* 2004 (213,761) 6.0 *
* 2005 (236,459) 6.0 *
* 2006 (236,852) 6.0 *
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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'
on-line and batch Driver's License System would require modification by
contract programmers. A new program will have to be created to capture
the information required for registration and transmit this information
to the United States Selective Service System (Selective Service).
Additionally, DPS estimates that the agency would require an additional
programmer to oversee the modifications and maintain and upgrade the
systems once the modifications have been completed.
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 (between the ages of 18
and 26) for personal identification cards or original, renewal and
duplicate licenses under the Military Selective Service. The bill would
also require DPS to orally notify the applicants that their application
for a driver's license or personal identification certificate constitutes
registration with the Selective Service.
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. There would be additional technology expenses of $2,555 for
computer equipment and $34,275 for an additional Polaroid capture
workstation and additional DDL terminals.
DPS estimates the need for six additional employees. One employee would
be a programmer that would oversee the contractors and maintain the
system after the contractors have concluded their work. DPS estimates
that the bill would add one additional minute of time for every driver's
license applicant that would be reported to the Selective Service, and
in 1999 there were 535, 960 such applicants. A DPS employee year in
this case is equal to 108,750 minutes (60 minutes x7.25 hours/day x 5
days/week x 50 weeks) thus maintaining the current processing time of
driver's licenses would require five additional employees
(535,960/108,750 = 4.9 FTEs). Total salaries for these employees is
approximately $146,000 with benefits costing $41,000. DPS estimates an
additional $26,000 for rent and other operating expenses each year.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 405 Texas Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: JK, JC, DG