LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 14, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Bob Turner, Chair, House Committee on Public
               Safety
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB335  by West, George "Buddy" (relating to the
               Department of Public Safety Historical Museum and
               Research Center.), Committee Report 1st House,
               Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would establish the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Historical
Museum and Research Center (HMRC) as a nonprofit organization.  The bill
would create the DPS HMRC Account outside of the state treasury.  The
bill would create a $1 voluntary fee that individuals could contribute to
when applying for the issuance or renewal of a license.  The voluntary
fee is estimated to bring in approximately $311,000 each year.  DPS
estimates that the contract programming needed to account for the fee
would be approximately $390,000 in fiscal year 2002.  This fiscal note
assumes that DPS would initially absorb the programming cost and through
the authority to contract with HMRC as granted by the bill, be reimbursed
for its programming costs.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2001.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   405   Texas Department of Public Safety, 304
                   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, JN, DG