Honorable Larry Phillips, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2042 by Naishtat (Relating to the expiration date of a driver's license, personal identification certificate, commercial driver's license, or commercial driver learner's permit issued to a sex offender; increasing a fee.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB2042, As Introduced: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2017.
The bill is expected to have a revenue impact on the Texas Mobility Fund No. 365.
Fiscal Year
Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2016
$0
2017
$0
2018
$0
2019
$0
2020
$0
Fiscal Year
Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from Texas Mobility Fund 365
2016
$3,217,000
2017
($1,010,000)
2018
($1,029,000)
2019
($1,049,000)
2020
$3,475,000
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend various codes to revise the expiration date of a driver's license, personal identification certificate, commercial driver's license, or commercial driver's learners permit issued to a sex offender. The bill would expand the time between renewals from one year to four years and would increase the fee from $20 to $80. The bill would take effect September 21, 2015.
Methodology
The bill is assumed to have a revenue impact on the Texas Mobility Fund No. 365.
The proposed fee of $80 for the issuance of a document valid for four years would take the place of the annual fee of $20. The Comptroller has assumed there would be a speed-up effect from individuals paying four years of fees in the first year, which would increase collections in the first year and decrease collections in the three subsequent years. Based on information from the Department of Public Safety, there are currently approximately 53,000 sex offenders who would be subject to the provisions of the bill. The revenue impact in this fiscal note is based on this number of sex offenders multiplied by the increase of $60 in fees for fiscal year 2016 and correspondingly reduced in fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019.
Technology
The bill is assumed to have no technology-related impacts.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety