LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 10, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Clyde Alexander, Chair, House Committee on
               Transportation
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2508  by Danburg (Relating to the issuance of Texas
               Urban Forestry Council 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 create a special license
plate for passenger cars and light trucks and to require the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to design the license plates in
consultation with the Texas Urban Forestry Council.  The bill would
require an annual registration fee of $30 in addition to any other
registration fees.  The bill would require that $5 from each fee
collected be deposited in the State Highway Fund to defray the costs of
providing the plates and that all remaining proceeds be deposited in the
State Treasury to the credit of a newly-created dedicated account in the
General Revenue Fund.  The bill would also require that funds deposited
in the new dedicated account may only be used by the Texas Forest Service
for the purposes of supporting the activities of a designated statewide
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is sponsoring
urban and community tree planting, urban and community tree preservation,
and urban and community tree education programs.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated due to the
estimated number of license plate issuances.

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, MW