TO: | Honorable Mike Krusee, Chair, House Committee on Transportation |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB3751 by Heflin (Relating to the penalties for driving while a driver's license is invalid.), As Introduced |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2008 | ($550,703) |
2009 | ($550,703) |
2010 | ($550,703) |
2011 | ($550,703) |
2012 | ($550,703) |
Fiscal Year | Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from GENERAL REVENUE FUND 1 |
Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from TRAUMA FACILITY AND EMS 5111 |
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2008 | ($550,703) | $539,797 |
2009 | ($550,703) | $539,797 |
2010 | ($550,703) | $539,797 |
2011 | ($550,703) | $539,797 |
2012 | ($550,703) | $539,797 |
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) estimates that 11,479 drivers on average are annually convicted for first-time offenses under this section. Under the Driver Responsibility Program (DRP), offenders convicted of DWLI must currently pay a surcharge of $250 each year for three years for each conviction. About 38 percent of these drivers are in compliance, meaning that they have paid the surcharge or have entered into an installment plan agreement to pay the surcharge (11,479 x 38 percent = 4,362 first-time DWLI offenders). As these offenders would no longer pay the DRP surcharge, the total annual revenue loss to the state would be $1,090,500 ($250 x 4,362).
Current appropriations to General Revenue constitute 50.5 percent of revenues, with one percent designated for the Department of Public Safety for administration of the program. The total annual revenue loss to General Revenue would therefore be $550,703. The other 49.5 percent is appropriated to General Revenue-Dedicated Account Number 5111, Trauma Facility and EMS Fund, which would have a total annual revenue loss of $539,797.
There would be no change to state revenue due to the provision of the bill that reduces fines because court fines are not state revenue, but local revenue.
DPS estimates a cost of $250,600 for driver license system modifications, which DPS estimates it will be unable to complete until January 1, 2008. It is assumed that DPS could absorb these costs within the agency's current appropriations and therefore would not result in a significant fiscal impact to the state.
The fiscal impact from the decrease in fine amounts would vary by local government depending on the number of offenses committed in each municipality or county, although the impact is not expected to be significant.
Source Agencies: | 405 Department of Public Safety
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LBB Staff: | JOB, KJG, GG, LG, HC
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