LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 24, 2009

TO:	Honorable Jim Keffer, Chair, House Committee on Energy Resources
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB629 by Anchia (Relating to the purchase of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles by state agencies.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Government Code to specify that a state agency may not purchase a vehicle unless the vehicle is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV.) The provisions of the bill would not apply if a state agency determines that the cost over a five-year period to purchase and operate a PHEV of the type required by the agency is greater than the cost over a five-year period to purchase and operate a similar vehicle that is not a PHEV.

Because the legislation stipulates a cost-neutral scenario necessary to trigger the statutory requirement, there is no additional cost to the state in implementing the bill over current budgetary considerations.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 305 General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board, 401 Adjutant General's Department, 405 Department of Public Safety, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 551 Department of Agriculture, 554 Animal Health Commission, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 601 Department of Transportation, 694 Youth Commission, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 802 Parks and Wildlife Department

LBB Staff:

JOB, WK, SD, PJK, KY