LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session March 26, 2001 TO: Honorable Clyde Alexander, Chair, House Committee on Transportation FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB3340 by Flores (Relating to increasing the penalties for illegally parking a vehicle in a parking space or area designated specifically for individuals with disabilities.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * ************************************************************************** Local Government Impact A representative from Austin stated parking violations in the city have been civil offenses since November, 1992. They were unsure this bill would apply to them. They reported current collections on this violation are $200,000. Using current violations as an example, they would have collected $939,500 if this bill were in effect. However, they expect that voluntary compliance would drop with this increase in fines which would increase the resources necessary to locate and enforce the citations. They were not able to estimate the extra cost this process would require over the current collections expense. A representative from Fort Worth indicated the Fort Worth parking violations are covered under Chapter 682 of the Transportation Code. The proposed legislation would therefore not impact their administrative adjudication process on parking offenses. A representative from El Paso reported this bill would have no impact upon their city because they handle these violations as civil cases. In general, the bill would have a positive fiscal impact for cities to which it applies. Source Agencies: 405 Texas Department of Public Safety, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts LBB Staff: JK, JO, DG