LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
April 10, 2001
TO: Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1520 by Lucio (Relating to the fee collected for
registration of motor vehicles in certain counties.), As
Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* SB1520, As Introduced: 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 (11,420,000) *
* 2005 (11,569,000) *
* 2006 (11,719,000) *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the Transportation Code by reducing the additional
fee for the automated registration and titling system in counties with
more than 50,000 vehicles from $1 to $0.25.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2004.
Methodology
The $1 fee generated revenue of approximately $14.4 million in fiscal
year 2000. It is estimated that reducing the fee by 75 cents beginning
in fiscal year 2004 would result in a revenue loss of approximately
$11.4 million to the State Highway Fund during that year and that
revenue losses would increase by approximately 1.3 percent each
subsequent year.
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, SD, RT, MW