LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session February 21, 2001 TO: Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB411 by Shapiro (Relating to the disposition of certain fees and penalties collected by the Department of Public Safety.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for * * SB411, As Introduced: negative impact of $(484,569,000) 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. * ************************************************************************** General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: **************************************************** * Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) * * Impact to General Revenue Related * * Funds * * 2002 $(240,224,000) * * 2003 (244,345,000) * * 2004 (248,620,000) * * 2005 (253,246,000) * * 2006 (258,742,000) * **************************************************** All Funds, Five-Year Impact: ************************************************************************** *Fiscal Probable Revenue Probable Revenue Probable Revenue * * Year Gain/(Loss) from Gain/(Loss) from Gain/(Loss) from * * General Revenue Fund Motorcycle Education State Highway Fund * * 0001 Account/ 0006 * * GR-Dedicated * * 0501 * * 2002 $(240,224,000) $(1,532,000) $241,756,000 * * 2003 (244,345,000) (1,559,000) 245,904,000 * * 2004 (248,620,000) (1,587,000) 250,207,000 * * 2005 (253,246,000) (1,615,000) 254,861,000 * * 2006 (258,742,000) (1,644,000) 260,386,000 * ************************************************************************** Fiscal Analysis The bill would amend the Transportation Code to change the disposition of certain fees and penalties collected by the Department of Public Safety (DPS). The bill would require that the fee and penalty revenues currently deposited to the credit of the General Revenue Fund from motor vehicle inspection fees, driver license fees, driver record information fees, and motor carrier penalties be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund. The authority to direct $5 from each motorcycle driver license issuance and renewal fee to General Revenue Account 0501 - Motorcycle Education would be repealed. The bill would take effect September 1, 2001 and would apply only to fees and penalties collected by DPS on or after that date. Methodology The estimated fiscal impact is based on the estimated collections reported in the 2002-03 Biennial Revenue Estimate. Estimates for 2004-06 were projected by the Comptroller's Office using appropriate macroeconomic fee specific variables. The bill would eliminate the Motorcycle Education Account which funds a program in DPS. The bill does not provide an alternate source of funding for the motorcycle education program currently funded through this account, thus the fiscal note assumes that the program would be cancelled. Should funding for the program be continued from another account, there would be a cost to that account equal to the revenue loss from the Motorcycle Education Account shown in the table above. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: 405 Texas Department of Public Safety, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts LBB Staff: JK, SD, DG