LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 18, 2009

TO:	Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1063 by Farias (Relating to emergency vehicle access to certain gated communities and multiunit housing projects.), As Engrossed

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would authorize a county commissioners court to require that each electric gate to a gated community or multi-unit housing project be equipped with a gate-operating device approved by the county fire marshal or other similar authority having jurisdiction over fire prevention and be activated by the sounding of an emergency vehicle siren.

Local Government Impact

A county choosing to impose this requirement would incur administrative costs for notifying owners/managers of applicable communities and projects, but it is anticipated that those costs could be absorbed within existing resources.

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

Source Agencies:

LBB Staff:

JOB, DB, TP