LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 11, 2007

TO:	Honorable Mike Krusee, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2792 by Puente (Relating to the authority of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities to utilize bid and contract alternatives.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would add Section 451.073 to Subchapter B, Chapter 451 of the Transportation Code regarding a metropolitan rapid transit authority created before 1980 and in which the principal municipality has a population of more than 1.2 million (Houston) and a project with a proposed cost of more than $50 million inclusive of engineering/architectural design, project management, and administrative costs. An applicable authority would have the same bid and contract alternatives and procedures as those authorized to the state in Government Code Sections 2166.2531 through and including 2155.2535.

The bill would take effect immediately if it were to receive the required two-thirds vote in each house; otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2007.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

LBB Staff:

JOB, KJG, DB