TO: | Honorable Terry Keel, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB191 by Carona (Relating to the penalty for reinstatement or issuance of a driver's license following a license suspension or denial for failure to pass a test for intoxication.), As Engrossed |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2004 | $214,900 |
2005 | $214,900 |
2006 | $214,900 |
2007 | $214,900 |
2008 | $214,900 |
Fiscal Year | Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) fromGENERAL REVENUE FUND 1 |
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2004 | $214,900 |
2005 | $214,900 |
2006 | $214,900 |
2007 | $214,900 |
2008 | $214,900 |
The bill would increase the fee a suspended driver licensee pays for failure to pass a test for intoxication. The fee of $140 would be an increase of $15 from the current fee of $125. The bill would add a new subsection to direct the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to remit $15 to the county treasurer in those counties with a certified breath alcohol testing program when an arrest is made for driving while intoxicated in those counties but the services of a certified technical supervisor employed by DPS are not used, regardless of which law enforcement agency made the arrest in the applicable county.
The potential revenue gain to the state was determined by using the following formula: 52,172 failure suspensions without hearings + 6,569 failure suspensions with hearings = 58,741 total failure suspensions – 37,033 potential compliances in the 21 affected counties = 21,708 potential compliances in non-affected counties. It is estimated that 66 percent, or 14,327 individuals (21,708 x 0.66 = 14,327), would submit the $140 reinstatement fee. The total revenue gain to the state would be 14,327 x $15.00 = $214,905 annually.
Source Agencies: | 405 Department of Public Safety, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
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LBB Staff: | JK, WK, GG, JO, DLBa, VDS, AR, KG
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