LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
April 9, 2001
TO: Honorable Warren Chisum, Chair, House Committee on
Environmental Regulation
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB3547 by Chisum (Relating to the motor vehicle
inspection fee and the use of revenues derived from that
fee.), As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB3547, As Introduced: negative impact of $(25,375,077) 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 $(12,500,038) *
* 2003 (12,875,039) *
* 2004 (13,261,290) *
* 2005 (13,659,129) *
* 2006 (14,068,902) *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Revenue Probable Revenue Probable Revenue *
* Year Gain/(Loss) from Gain/(Loss) from Gain/(Loss) from New *
* General Revenue Fund Clean Air Account/ General Revenue *
* 0001 GR-Dedicated Dedicated *
* 0151 TNRCC Operating Fund *
* 2002 $(12,500,038) $(25,000,076) $37,500,114 *
* 2003 (12,875,039) (25,750,078) 38,625,117 *
* 2004 (13,261,290) (26,522,580) 39,783,870 *
* 2005 (13,659,129) (27,318,258) 40,977,387 *
* 2006 (14,068,902) (28,137,804) 42,206,706 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code and the Transportation
Code to change the dedication of revenues derived from the one-year
safety inspection fee. The Health and Safety Code would be amended to
change the dedication of the $5.50 fee collected by the Department of
Public Safety (DPS) on the advance payment for a one-year safety
inspection certificate. The bill would decrease the amount deposited as
undedicated general revenue by $1 and deposit that amount to the
operating fund account established under Section 5.237 of the Water Code.
The current dedication of $2 to the General Revenue Dedicated - Clean Air
Account, Number 0151 would be eliminated. Instead, the $2 formerly
going into the fund, plus the $1 formerly deposited as general revenue
would be used by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
(TNRCC) through an operating fund to safeguard the natural resources of
the state as necessary to address potential or actual environmental
impacts reasonably related to the activities of the fee payers.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2001.
Methodology
One-year inspection certificates are sold by DPS to inspection stations
for $5.50, of which $3.50 is deposited to the General Revenue Fund 0001
and $2 is deposited to the Clean Air Account 0151. The bill would
decrease by $1 per certificate revenue to the General Revenue Fund 0001
and dedicate that amount for the purposes of the bill. The bill also
would decrease by $2 per certificate the revenue to the Clean Air
Account 0151 and redirect that money. DPS estimates that 12,500,038
certificates will be issued in fiscal year 2002, and that the amount of
certificates issued will grow by three percent annually.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 405 Texas Department of Public Safety, 582 Texas
Natural Resource Conservation Commission, 304
Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: JK, CL, JN, DG