LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
April 3, 2001
TO: Honorable Clyde Alexander, Chair, House Committee on
Transportation
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2667 by Carter (Relating to the authority of the Texas
Department of Transportation to place and maintain
traffic-control devices in certain municipalities.), As
Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB2667, As Introduced: 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 Savings/(Cost) from State *
* Highway Fund *
* 0006 *
* 2002 $(11,249,259) *
* 2003 (11,249,259) *
* 2004 (11,249,259) *
* 2005 (11,249,259) *
* 2006 (11,249,259) *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the Transportation Code by requiring the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to install and maintain all traffic
control devices in municipalities under 60,000 population that have
within their boundaries three or more state highways if the governing
body of the municipality requests that TxDOT provide this service and if
the governing body enters into an agreement with TxDOT.
The bill would take effect immediately upon receiving a two-thirds
majority vote in both houses; otherwise, the bill would take effect
September 1, 2001.
Methodology
TxDOT currently maintains and installs signals on the state highway
system for municipalities under 50,000 population and estimates that nine
additional municipalities with a population between 50,000 and 60,000
would request assistance from and enter into an agreement with the
department to provide this service. The department estimates the
additional municipalities would include Port Arthur, Harlingen,
Galveston, The Woodlands, North Richland Hills, Temple, McKinney,
Missouri City, and Flower Mound and that an annual cost of approximately
$1.2 million ($47,000 for signal maintenance and $70,000 to install new
signals per city) would be incurred.
TxDOT also assumes it would become responsible for the installation and
maintenance of eligible traffic control devices in 1,158 cities with
populations of less than 60,000. TxDOT assumes that traffic control
devices would include stop, yield, street and one-way signs with the
associated pavement markings; on-system parking striping and crosswalks
not associated with traffic signals and parking signs; and school safety
and other special signs. TxDOT estimates that approximately $10.1
million would be required each year to maintain and install these
traffic control devices.
Local Government Impact
It is assumed that municipalities with populations less than 60,000 would
realize significant costs savings as a result of TxDOT incurring
installation and maintenance costs for eligible signals and traffic
control devices in accordance with the bill. It is also assumed that
savings equivalent to the installation and maintenance costs no longer
incurred by eligible municipalities would continue each year.
Source Agencies: 601 Texas Department of Transportation
LBB Staff: JK, JO, RT, MW