LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
April 23, 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 the
registration of vehicles in certain counties.), Committee
Report 1st House, Substituted
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* SB1520, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: 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 0 *
* 2005 (10,026,000) *
* 2006 (10,157,000) *
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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 $0.35. The bill would allow the
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to use $0.25 of the fee for
the automated registration system and would require the remaining $0.10
to be deposited in the State Highway Fund for the purposes of defraying
the cost of issuing disabled parking placards. The bill would not amend
the Transportation Code to change the current fee and requirements for
obtaining a disabled placard.
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 65 cents beginning
in fiscal year 2004 would result in a revenue loss of approximately $10
million to the State Highway Fund during that year and that revenue
losses would increase by approximately 1.3 percent each subsequent year.
It is estimated that the reallocation would generate approximately $3.9
million each year for the automation system and approximately $1.5
million for the purposes of defraying the cost of issuing disabled
placards.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 601 Texas
Department of Transportation
LBB Staff: JK, SD, RT, MW