LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
April 9, 2001
TO: Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on
State Affairs
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1109 by Bernsen (Relating to the use of the
Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry operated by the Texas
Department of Transportation.), As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* SB1109, 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 Probable Probable Revenue Probable Revenue *
* Year Savings/(Cost) from Gain/(Loss) from Gain/(Loss) from *
* State Highway Fund State Highway Fund Parks and Wildlife *
* 0006 0006 Operating Account/ *
* GR-Dedicated *
* 0420 *
* 2002 $(2,430,000) $17,500 $12,500 *
* 2003 (30,000) 17,500 12,500 *
* 2004 (30,000) 17,500 12,500 *
* 2005 (30,000) 17,500 12,500 *
* 2006 (30,000) 17,500 12,500 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to allow a resident or
homeowner of the Bolivar Peninsula to have priority in boarding a motor
vehicle on the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry operated by the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The bill would require TxDOT to
design a sticker, designate the windshield location for placement, and
sell the sticker annually to qualified persons for a fee of $30. The
bill would require $17.50 to be deposited in the State Highway Fund 0006,
of which $5 would be used to defray related administration costs, and
that the remaining $12.50 be deposited to the General Revenue Dedicated
Texas Parks and Wildlife Operating Account 420.
This bill would take effect September 1, 2001.
Methodology
TxDOT estimates that approximately $2.4 million would be required in
fiscal year 2002 for improvements to existing landings and staging area
modifications that would have to be made to accommodate the priority
boarding vehicles. TxDOT also estimates that an additional cost of
$30,000 each year would be realized for seasonal contracting with
additional off-duty police officers to work in the priority staging area.
TxDOT estimates that 1,000 residents or homeowners from the Bolivar
Peninsula would purchase a sticker annually and that revenues would be
generated each year in amounts of $17,500 for State Highway Fund 6 and
$12,500 for the General Revenue Dedicated Texas Parks and Wildlife
Operating Account 420.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source Agencies: 601 Texas Department of Transportation, 304
Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: JK, RB, MW