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 ************************************************************************** * 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. * ************************************************************************** General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: **************************************************** * Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) * * Impact to General Revenue Related * * Funds * * 2002 $0 * * 2003 0 * * 2004 0 * * 2005 0 * * 2006 0 * **************************************************** All Funds, Five-Year Impact: ***************************************************** * 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 * ***************************************************** 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