LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 8, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Clyde Alexander, Chair, House Committee on
               Transportation
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2254  by Naishtat (Relating to the issuance of Texas
               Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing license
               plates.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would amend the Transportation Code to authorize the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to issue specially designed Texas
Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (TCDHH) license plates.  The
bill would require the cost of a set of plates to be $25 in addition to
any other registration fees and that proceeds would be deposited in the
State Treasury to the credit of a newly-created dedicated account in the
General Revenue Fund.  The bill would require TxDOT to use $5 from each
fee collected to defray the costs of providing the plates and that these
proceeds would be deposited in the State Highway Fund.  The bill would
also require that funds deposited in the new dedicated account may only
be appropriated to the TCDHH for direct services programs, training, and
education.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated due to the
estimated number of license plates expected to be issued.  According to
the Comptroller of Public Accounts, license plates issued for similar
entities, like "Children's Advocates" and "Volunteer Advocates," have
experienced plate issuances of approximately 600 annually.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2001.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   601   Texas Department of Transportation, 304
                   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, JO, RT, MW