LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session March 9, 2001 TO: Honorable Gary Walker, Chair, House Committee on Land & Resource Management FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB2221 by Hamric (Relating to county authority to regulate vehicular or pedestrian gates to and to require building numbers for certain multi-unit housing projects; providing a penalty.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * ************************************************************************** Local Government Impact The bill would allow a county to regulate vehicular and pedestrian gates to apartments, condominiums, or townhomes located outside municipal boundaries in an area not already subject to municipal regulations. The local fire marshal or other county emergency service authority would enforce regulations and could waive vehicular gate width requirements for a multi-unit housing project completed before January 1, 2002 if the requirements could not readily be met because of space limitations or would cost $6,000 or more per entrance to meet regulations. The county fire marshal would be allowed to issue a permit to ensure compliance with regulations and could charge a one-time fee not to exceed $50 to cover the costs of issuing the permit. Permits could be suspended or revoked for violations of regulations after a hearing before the county commissioners court. An offense of violating the regulations in a county that requires compliance would be a Class C misdemeanor. Revenue collected from issuing permits and the fire marshal's existing budget would absorb the costs of enforcing regulations; therefore, no significant fiscal impact to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: LBB Staff: JK, CL, DB