| TO: | Honorable Jim Pitts, Chair, House Committee on Appropriations |
| FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB3666 by Darby (relating to authorizing a public safety fee for the compulsory inspection of motor vehicles.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
| Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
|---|---|
| 2014 | $233,141,000 |
| 2015 | $264,484,000 |
| 2016 | $270,038,000 |
| 2017 | $275,707,000 |
| 2018 | $281,497,000 |
| Fiscal Year | Probable Revenue Gain from General Revenue Fund 1 |
|---|---|
| 2014 | $233,141,000 |
| 2015 | $264,484,000 |
| 2016 | $270,038,000 |
| 2017 | $275,707,000 |
| 2018 | $281,497,000 |
This bill would add new Section 548.5015 to the Transportation Code authorizing the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to impose a $15 public safety fee in addition to the standard fees for motor vehicle inspections.
Fee collections would be deposited in General Revenue Fund 0001 to the credit of DPS. The additional funds available to DPS would not affect inspection fee revenue deposited in Texas Mobility Fund 0365.
The bill would become effective immediately upon receiving a two-thirds majority vote of both houses of the Legislature. Otherwise, the bill would become effective September 1, 2013.
Data provided by DPS regarding motor vehicle inspections done in fiscal 2012 indicated that approximately 18.4 million motor vehicle inspections of various kinds were done.
This number was then forecasted using the growth rate for estimated motor vehicle inspection fee revenue in the 2014-15 Biennial Revenue Estimate to produce the revenue gain estimates shown above.
The estimate also assumes the bill becomes effective September 1, 2013.
| Source Agencies: | 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety
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| LBB Staff: | UP, KK, SD
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