LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

Revision 1

April 27, 2009

TO:	Honorable Garnet Coleman, Chair, House Committee on County Affairs
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 Introduced

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 and 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, but it is anticipated that those costs could be absorbed within existing resources.

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

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LBB Staff:

JOB, DB, TP