TO: | Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives |
FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB1541 by McClendon (Relating to the prevention of automobile burglary and theft.), As Passed 2nd House |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2012 | $18,287,000 |
2013 | $18,742,000 |
2014 | $19,196,000 |
2015 | $19,650,000 |
2016 | $20,105,000 |
Fiscal Year | Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from General Revenue Fund 1 |
---|---|
2012 | $18,287,000 |
2013 | $18,742,000 |
2014 | $19,196,000 |
2015 | $19,650,000 |
2016 | $20,105,000 |
The bill would implement recommendations in the report "Improve the Effectiveness of Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Programs in Texas" in the Legislative Budget Board's Government Effectiveness and Efficiency Report submitted to the Eighty-second Texas Legislature, 2011.
The bill would amend Article 4413 of Vernon's Civil Statutes to require the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority (ABTPA) to develop and use standard performance measures for each category of grants it provides. ABTPA would be required to ensure that grants are used to help increase the recovery rate of stolen motor vehicles, clearance rate of motor vehicle burglaries and thefts, and the number of persons arrested for motor vehicle burglary and theft. The bill would require ABTPA to allocate grant funds primarily based on the number of motor vehicles stolen in or motor
vehicle burglary or theft rate across the state. ABTPA would be required to biennially update a plan of operation and provide it to the Legislature.
The bill would authorize the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to administer, rather than require, a statewide motor vehicle registration program. DPS would be required to collect data regarding theft rates and types of motor vehicles enrolled in the program, the recovery rate for stolen motor vehicles enrolled in the program, and the clearance rate of burglaries and thefts of motor vehicles enrolled in the program.
The bill would also amend Section 10, Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, to require an insurer to pay a fee of $2, rather than $1, mutliplied by the total number of motor vehicle years of insurance for policies delivered, issued, or renewed. The bill would authorize fifty percent of each fee to be appropriated only to the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority.
Source Agencies: | 405 Department of Public Safety, 608 Department of Motor Vehicles, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
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LBB Staff: | JOB, KJG, JI, MM
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