LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 12, 2005

TO:	Honorable Todd Staples, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB468 by Hegar (Relating to driver and traffic safety education.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The provisions of the bill would transfer the authorities and responsibilities of the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) Driver Training Division to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). The bill would require TDLR to sell course completion certificate numbers allowing driving safety course providers to print and mail department-approved certificates of completion and duplicate certificates of completion. The bill also would remove the fee schedule for various licenses and approvals from the Education Code and places this responsibility in TDLR.

 

Based on information provided by TDLR and TEA, it is assumed that full-time equivalent positions would be transferred from TEA to TDLR in accordance with the provisions of the bill and that the bill would have no significant fiscal impact.

 

The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution; otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2005.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

405 Department of Public Safety, 452 Department of Licensing and Regulation, 701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

JOB, SR, MW, RR