LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 27, 2011

TO:
Honorable Tommy Williams, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security
 
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB2806 by Phillips (Relating to the marketing, hosting, and sale of specialty and personalized license plates.), As Engrossed

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend provisions in the Transportation Code relating to the marketing, sale, and hosting of specialty and personalized license plates. The bill would authorize certain public entities to contract with a private specialty plate vendor to distribute the public entities' portion of funds from certain professional sports team specialty plates in a manner other than provided for in Transportation Code Section 504.614(b). The bill would authorize the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to contract with the private vendor to host DMV-issued speciatly and personalized plates on the vendor's website and specifies the states portion of the personalization fee for a plate hosted and sold on the vendor's website may not be less than $40. The bill would allow the board of the DMV to establish rules authorizing person who purchases a plate displaying an alphanumeric pattern for a period of five years or more to transfer the pattern and to establish a transfer fee to be distributed in accordance with the contract with the private vendor.

Based on the analysis of DMV, it assumed the provisions of the bill would not result in a significant fiscal impact to the state and 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:
608 Department of Motor Vehicles
LBB Staff:
JOB, KJG, TG