LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
May 2, 2001
TO: Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on
State Affairs
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB32 by Zaffirini (Relating to the application fee for a
disabled parking placard.), Committee Report 1st House,
as amended
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* SB32, Committee Report 1st House, as amended: 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 Revenue Gain/(Loss) from *
* State Highway Fund *
* 0006 *
* 2002 $0 *
* 2003 0 *
* 2004 0 *
* 2005 (1,580,988) *
* 2006 (1,607,865) *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the Transportation Code by eliminating the $5 fee
for purchasing a disabled parking placard and the requirement that these
fees be collected by each county assessor-collector and deposited in
State Highway Fund No. 006.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2004, and would only apply to
applications submitted on or after that date.
Methodology
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) reported issuing 290,639
disabled placards in fiscal year 2000. It is estimated that 316,198
placards would be issued in fiscal year 2005 and that the number of
placards issued would increase by approximately 1.7 percent each year.
Likewise, it is estimated that a revenue loss of approximately $1.58
million would be realized in fiscal year 2002 and that this would also
increase by approximately 1.7 percent each year.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 601 Texas
Department of Transportation
LBB Staff: JK, RB, MW