LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 28, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable David Sibley, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Business & Commerce
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB246  by Shapleigh (Relating to a review of
               transportation facilities related to international
               trade.), As Introduced
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  SB246, As Introduced:  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 Savings/(Cost) from State   *
         *                          Highway Fund              *
         *                              0006                  *
         *      2002                               $(500,000) *
         *      2003                                (500,000) *
         *      2004                                (500,000) *
         *      2005                                (500,000) *
         *      2006                                (500,000) *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to require the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to include in its annual review of
projects, the development of recommendations concerning how state
resources may be used in TxDOT districts adjacent to the border with
Mexico to increase international trade.  The bill would require TxDOT to
cooperate with the Center for Transportation Research (CTR) at the
University of Texas at Austin and the Texas Transportation Institute
(TTI) to develop the recommendations and report them to the Legislature
no later than February 1, of each odd- numbered year.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2001.
  
  
Methodology
  
TxDOT estimates that implementing the provisions of the bill would
require contracts to be estabished with CTR and TTI in an amount of
$250,000 per entity during each year.  TxDOT assumes this cost would
continue during each subsequent fiscal year.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   601   Texas Department of Transportation
LBB Staff:         JK, JO, RT, MW