TO: | Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation |
FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB1749 by Kuempel (Relating to county roads mistakenly established and maintained by an adjoining county.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
There could be a savings to a county that would no longer be required to maintain a road that is determined to be out of the original county’s jurisdiction; in addition, there could be costs to a county that would include the road in their county’s jurisdiction.
Harris County’s Engineering Leadership in the Public Infrastructure Department reported the bill should not have a fiscal impact on the county.
The Montgomery County Auditor reported the bill would have a minimal fiscal impact on the county, if any.
The Denton County Auditor reported the bill would either have no fiscal impact or it cannot be estimated.
The Texas Association of Counties (TAC) reported that although it is not possible to determine the costs in advance, it is assumed every dollar saved by a county that stops maintenance on a road would create a dollar of maintenance cost for the receiving county. Some very minor additional cost savings might accrue from the provisions in the bill; possibly creating a very slight positive fiscal impact overall. However, it is anticipated that the statute would rarely be used resulting in no fiscal impact during a typical year for most counties.
The McLennan County Engineer noted that one drawback could be that the receiving county refuses to take the road into their road system for maintenance thus rendering a maintained public road into a non-maintained public road.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, KJG, TP
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