LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
April 17, 2001
TO: Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on
Jurisprudence
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB59 by Zaffirini (Relating to the definition of
intoxicated in connection with the offense of operating a
motor vehicle while intoxicated.), As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* SB59, As Introduced: negative impact of $(84,480) 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 $(84,480) *
* 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 *
* General Revenue Fund *
* 0001 *
* 2002 $(84,480) *
* 2003 0 *
* 2004 0 *
* 2005 0 *
* 2006 0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the definition of an intoxicated person to include
those having an alcohol concentration of 0.06 or more, if the actor is
operating a motor vehicle and a person younger than 14 is a passenger in
the vehicle.
Methodology
The bill would require changes in the Department of Public Safety's
on-line and batch computer programs to satisfy data entry, driver record
and history management, and programs that support correspondence and
general reports. It is estimated that 704 total hours of contract
computer programming at $120 per hour will be required to update the
systems to track those with a blood alcohol content between .006 and
.008. It is estimated that the cost for programming would be $84,480
in fiscal year 2002 only.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source Agencies: 405 Texas Department of Public Safety, 601 Texas
Department of Transportation, 304 Comptroller of
Public Accounts
LBB Staff: JK, TB, DG, DB