TO: | Honorable Robert Talton, Chair, House Committee on Urban Affairs |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB857 by Talton (Relating to the authority of a municipality to require the removal of certain vehicles from a freeway without the consent of the owner or person in charge of the vehicle.), As Introduced |
A sampling of municipalities through which a freeway runs was contacted regarding the fiscal impact of the bill. Municipalities that do not have a non-consent towing program in place responded that there would be no fiscal impact as a result of implementing the provisions of the bill. The City of Houston, which currently operates a non-consent towing program, indicates that it would incur an unidentifiable increase in costs for emergency services operations if its towing program were to be discontinued. The city based its assessment on emergency services costs experienced before the city began the non-consent towing program.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, DLBa, WP
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