LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
                                Revision 1
  
                              March 29, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Bob Turner, Chair, House Committee on Public
               Safety
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1479  by Miller (relating to the expiration of a
               license to carry a concealed
               handgun.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  HB1479, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted:  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                          (1,064,420)  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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         * Fiscal Year      Probable Savings/(Cost) from      *
         *                      General Revenue Fund          *
         *                              0001                  *
         *      2002                                       $0 *
         *      2003                                        0 *
         *      2004                                        0 *
         *      2005                                        0 *
         *      2006                              (1,064,420) *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would change the expiration date for a renewed concealed handgun
license from four years to five years.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2001.
  
  
Methodology
  
The Department of Public Safety estimates there would be a revenue loss
of $1,064,420 for FY2006 because all licenses renewed under this bill in
fiscal year 2002 would not expire until FY2007, rather than FY2006.
This projection is based on 14,475 applicants renewing at $70 each
($1,013,250), as well as 1,462 indigent application renewals at $35
($51,170), for a total revenue loss of $1,064,420.  These estimates are
based on the current license renewal rate of 60 percent.  The revenue
loss in FY2006 is a one-time loss that will not occur in subsequent
fiscal years.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   405   Texas Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, DG