TO: | Honorable Steve Ogden, Chair, Senate Committee on Infrastructure Development and Security |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB51 by Ogden (Relating to appropriating certain surcharges collected by the Department of Public Safety under the driver responsibility program and fees collected by the Texas Department of Transportation under the motor vehicle financial responsibility verification program, as those programs are created by House Bill No. 3588, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, to the Department of Public Safety.), As Introduced |
Fiscal Year | Appropriation out of GENERAL REVENUE FUND 1 |
Appropriation out of STATE HIGHWAY FUND 6 |
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2004 | $1,198,760 | $10,883,000 |
2005 | $2,275,029 | $13,491,000 |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2004 | ($1,198,760) |
2005 | ($2,275,029) |
2006 | $0 |
2007 | $0 |
2008 | $0 |
Fiscal Year | Probable (Cost) from GENERAL REVENUE FUND 1 |
Probable (Cost) from STATE HIGHWAY FUND 6 |
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2003 |
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2004 | ($1,198,760) | ($10,883,000) | 22.0 |
2005 | ($2,275,029) | ($13,491,000) | 22.0 |
2006 | $0 | $0 | 0.0 |
2007 | $0 | $0 | 0.0 |
2008 | $0 | $0 | 0.0 |
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to appropriate certain fee and surcharge revenue, generated by implementation of HB 3588, 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) for fiscal years 2003 and 2004.
One percent of the surcharge revenue from the Driver Responsibility Program and all the fee revenue from the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Verification Program would be appropriated to DPS for the 2003-04 biennium to implement and administer the two programs, including the reengineering of the driver's license system. The bill would provide that if the fee revenue generated by the additional $1 fee associated with vehicle registrations would be insufficient for reengineering the driver's license system and funding the liability insurance feasibility study, the bill would authorize DPS to use money appropriated for Master Lease Purchase Program payments.
According to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, the bill would appropriate approximately $24.4 million from the State Highway Fund to DPS for the purpose of supporting the reengineering of the driver’s license system and the liability insurance feasibility study. The table above does not reflect a gain to the State Highway Fund because the revenue from the additional $1 motor vehicle registration fee became current law with the enactment of HB 3588, 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003.
Source Agencies: | 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety
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LBB Staff: | JK, SD, MW
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