LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 3, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Frank Madla, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Intergovernmental Relations
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB630  by Turner, Sylvester (Relating to the authority of
               a municipality to permit the use of unmarked automobiles
               by certain municipal code enforcement officers.), As
               Engrossed
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.

If a municipality needs an unmarked vehicle for enforcing environmental
criminal laws, they would experience the cost of purchasing a car for
such purpose or the cost of removing markings from an existing vehicle.
A used car could cost as low as $1,000 or the price of a new vehicle
could start around $15,000.  Removal of an inscription or repainting a
vehicle may cost between $200 and $2,000.
  
  
Source Agencies:   405   Texas Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff:         JK, DB, DG