LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
April 19, 2001
TO: Honorable Clyde Alexander, Chair, House Committee on
Transportation
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB893 by Hinojosa (Relating to an additional fee to
support trauma centers to be collected when a motor
vehicle is registered.), Committee Report 1st House, as
amended
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB893, Committee Report 1st House, as amended: positive impact of *
* $0 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 $0 *
* 2003 0 *
* 2004 0 *
* 2005 0 *
* 2006 0 *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from *
* New General Revenue Dedicated - *
* Tertiary Care Account *
* 2002 $80,054,000 *
* 2003 81,415,000 *
* 2004 82,799,000 *
* 2005 84,289,000 *
* 2006 85,807,000 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the Transportation Code by adding a $5 fee to the
annual cost of registering a motor vehicle for the purpose of supporting
trauma centers. The bill would require county tax assessor-collectors to
collect the additional fee during the registration process and forward
the amount to the Comptroller on the first Monday of each month for
deposit in the General Revenue Fund in a new dedicated Tertiary Care
account. Under the provisions of the bill, appropriations made from
revenues deposited in the new account could only be made for the Texas
Department of Health. The bill would allow county assessor-collectors to
retain up to 10 percent of each fee collected to offset administration
costs related to implementing the provisions of the bill.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2001.
Methodology
The Texas Department of Transportation registered approximately 17.2
million vehicles during fiscal year 2000. It is assumed that 17.7
million vehicles would be registered in fiscal year 2002 and that the
amount would increase by approximately 1.7 percent during each
subsequent year.
Local Government Impact
It is assumed that county assessor-collectors would retain 10 percent of
each fee collected to offset administration costs. It is estimated that
counties would realize approximately $8.9 million in the first year and
that the amount would increase by approximately 1.7 percent during each
subsequent year.
Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: JK, JO, RT, MW