TO: | Honorable Joe Driver, Chair, House Committee on Law Enforcement |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB2078 by Driver (Relating to court-ordered driving safety courses; providing a penalty.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2004 | $6,431,886 |
2005 | $6,557,009 |
2006 | $6,557,009 |
2007 | $6,557,009 |
2008 | $6,557,009 |
Fiscal Year | Probable (Cost) fromGENERAL REVENUE FUND 1 |
Probable Revenue Gain fromGENERAL REVENUE FUND 1 |
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2003 |
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2004 | ($395,088) | $6,826,974 | 8.0 |
2005 | ($269,965) | $6,826,974 | 8.0 |
2006 | ($269,965) | $6,826,974 | 8.0 |
2007 | ($269,965) | $6,826,974 | 8.0 |
2008 | ($269,965) | $6,826,974 | 8.0 |
The Department of Public Safety reports there were 368,376 convictions for the type of offenses listed in the bill in FY 2002. In order to determine the potential number of license suspensions, the DPS Driver Improvement Bureau (DIB) compared the total number of zero tolerance convictions (23,101 for FY 2002), which require the completion of an alcohol awareness course, to the number of suspensions ordered for not completing the alcohol awareness course (6,288 for FY 2002) and arrived at a 27% non-compliance rate. This percentage (27%) was applied to the 368,376 convictions received in FY 2002, resulting in 99,462 potential license suspensions for failing to complete the court-ordered driver safety course. Additionally, the bill provides for the suspension of licenses for driving without a license which is estimated to result in 3,978 suspensions for a grand total of 103,439 suspensions per year. DPS estimates a 66% compliance rate with suspension requirements and payment of fee which would generate $6,826,974 per year (total suspensions 103,439 multiplied by the compliance rate (66%) multiplied by $100 fee).
To process the anticipated suspension orders, DPS indicates a need for an additional 8 FTEs ($229,363 per year in salaries, wages, and benefits) with annual operating costs of $40,602. Associated first-year costs are estimated at $40,643. The FTEs would process documents through the DIB imaging system and perform clerical duties. Additionally, the agency's batch driver license system would require programming to accommodate the new transactions at an estimated cost of $84,480.
Source Agencies: | 405 Department of Public Safety, 454 Department of Insurance
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LBB Staff: | JK, WP, WK, VDS, AR
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