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
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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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