LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
May 9, 2001
TO: Honorable Frank Madla, Chair, Senate Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1368 by Callegari (Relating to application for
registration of vehicles used by nonprofit disaster
relief organizations.), Committee Report 2nd House, as
amended
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB1368, Committee Report 2nd 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 *
* State Highway Fund *
* 0006 *
* 2002 $28,392,840 *
* 2003 7,526,832 *
* 2004 611,160 *
* 2005 650,244 *
* 2006 668,928 *
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Technology Impact
None.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to authorize the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to allow the owner of any motor
vehicle to pay a registration fee for a period of 12, 24, or 36 months.
The bill would require applications for vehicles registered for use by
nonprofit disaster relief organizations to include a statement signed by
an officer of the nonprofit disaster relief organization and from the
vehicle owner that the vehicle has not been used for any purpose other
than emergencies and that the vehicle qualifies for such registration.
The bill would also require TxDOT to develop and implement a system of
registration so that an owner of a fleet of motor vehicles may
consolidate the registration of the motor vehicles in the fleet.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2001, and would only apply to a
registration period beginning on or after that date.
Methodology
The department 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 this amount would increase by
approximately 1.7 percent each year. The department estimates that three
percent of all motor vehicles requiring registration each year would be
issued a multi-year registration and that of this amount 67 percent would
be issued a two-year registration and 33 percent would be issued a
three-year registration. Amounts estimated above reflect $40 per annual
registration being deposited to the State Highway Fund from an average
$60 vehicle registration fee estimated by the department. Variances in
the amount of motor vehicles registered and receiving multi-year
registrations each year would result in a corresponding change in
revenues collected.
The department estimates program cost savings would be realized each year
as a result of issuing multi-year registrations and consolidating
registrations for motor vehicles in a fleet. However, it is assumed
that any savings realized would be used for other transportation related
purposes.
Local Government Impact
The bill would allow for a fluctuation in revenues similar to that
mentioned above and would require counties to receive the usual $1.90
commission and fees from the registration payment for each year of
registration. The bill would not prohibit additional fees paid at the
time of registration to be collected from the payment for each year of
registration.
Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 601 Texas
Department of Transportation
LBB Staff: JK, DB, MW