LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 12, 2013

TO:	Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB811 by Cook (Relating to the disposition of fines for traffic violations collected by certain municipalities and counties.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB811, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: a negative impact of ($256,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2015.

General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2014	($128,000)
2015	($128,000)
2016	($128,000)
2017	($128,000)
2018	($128,000)

All Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Revenue (Loss) from General Revenue Fund 1	Probable Revenue Gain from Counties
2014	($128,000)	$128,000
2015	($128,000)	$128,000
2016	($128,000)	$128,000
2017	($128,000)	$128,000
2018	($128,000)	$128,000

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would repeal parts of Chapter 542.402 of the Transportation Code (penalties and costs of court) which would authorize counties with a population of less than 5,000 to use all of the fines collected for a violation of a highway law without having to remit any portion to the Comptroller. 

The bill would take effect September 1, 2013.

Methodology

The revenue estimates for Revenue Code 3055, the excess fines-speed violations, from the 2014-215 Biennial Revenue Estimate were used to produce the fiscal impact estimates presented in the table.

Local Government Impact

Counties with a population of less than 5,000 would experience a gain of traffic violation fee revenue displayed in the above table.

Source Agencies:

304 Comptroller of Public Accounts

LBB Staff:

UP, AG, TP, KK