LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 2, 2009

TO:	Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1286 by Eiland (Relating to the issuance of Save Our Beaches specialty license plates.), As Introduced

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB1286, As Introduced: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2011.

The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.

General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2010	$0
2011	$0
2012	$0
2013	$0
2014	$0

All Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Revenue Gain from State Highway Fund 6	Probable Revenue Gain from Counties	Probable Revenue Gain from Coastal Protection and Improvement Fund
2010	$2,250	$150	$6,600
2011	$2,250	$150	$6,600
2012	$2,250	$150	$6,600
2013	$2,250	$150	$6,600
2014	$2,250	$150	$6,600

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would amend the Transportation Code to require the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to issue specialty license plates to support the coastal protection and improvement program. The bill would require the fee for issuance of the license plates, after deduction for TxDOT’s administrative costs, to be deposited to the credit of the Coastal Protection and Improvement Fund.

 

The bill would take effect September 1, 2009.

Methodology

Based on the information and analysis provided by TxDOT, this analysis assumes 300 of the new specialty license plates would be issued each year at a fee of $30 each of which $7.50 would be deposited to the State Highway Fund for TxDOT administrative expenses; $0.50 would be retained by the counties; and $22 would be deposited to the Coastal Protection and Improvement Fund, a trust fund outside the state treasury held by the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company.

Based on the analysis of TxDOT, it is assumed any costs or duties associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 601 Department of Transportation

LBB Staff:

JOB, KJG, MW, TG