LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 12, 2011

TO:	Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB3550 by Fletcher (Relating to imposing a law enforcement fee on certain commercial motor vehicle offenses.), As Introduced

The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined because the number of violations adjudicated and collection rates for these offenses is not known.

The bill would create the Law Enforcement Fee. A $500 fee would be assessed on convictions of certain misdemeanor offenses relating to the weight of a vehicle operated on public highways. A $2,000 fee would be assessed on convictions of certain offenses relating to the use of a motor vehicle in or possession with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance or for the transportation, concealment, or harboring of an alien.

 

The bill would require the Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA) to deposit revenue collected from this fee to the General Revenue Fund to be used for law enforcement purposes.

 

The CPA reported that the number of violations adjudicated and collection rates for these offenses is not known; therefore any fiscal impact cannot be determined.

 

Although this bill would not make an appropriation, it would establish the basis for an appropriation.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 601 Department of Transportation

LBB Staff:

JOB, KJG, MW, MM, JJO, KKR