LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 6, 2015

TO:
Honorable Rafael Anchia, Chair, House Committee on International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs
 
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB3061 by Anchia (Relating to the movement of vehicles transporting ocean cargo shipping containers; authorizing a fee.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted



Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB3061, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2017.

The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.



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
State Highway Fund
6
Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Fund
2016 $1,800,000 $200,000
2017 $1,904,400 $211,600
2018 $2,016,000 $224,000
2019 $2,134,800 $237,200
2020 $2,260,800 $251,200

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would amend the Transportation Code to authorize the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to issue an annual permit for the movement of ocean cargo shipping containers on a trailer with three axles if the combination of vehicles transporting the containers is within certain axle weight limits specified by the bill. The bill would require the DMV to adopt rules to implement the bill and set the permit fee in an amount not to exceed $7,000, of which 90 percent would be deposited to the State Highway Fund (SHF) and 10 percent to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) Fund.
 
The bill would take effect on January 1, 2016.

Methodology

Based on the analysis provided by the DMV, it is assumed 500 of the new permits would be issued beginning in fiscal year 2015 at a fee of $4,000 per annual permit (to be set by DMV rule) and the number of permits and associated fee revenue would increase by approximately 5.8 percent each fiscal year. Ninety percent of the fee revenue would be deposited to the SHF ($1.8 million gain in fiscal year 2016) and 10 percent to the TxDMV Fund ($200,000 gain in fiscal year 2016).

Note: This legislation would do one or more of the following: create or recreate a dedicated account in the General Revenue Fund, create or recreate a special or trust fund either with or outside of the Treasury, or create a dedicated revenue source. The fund, account, or revenue dedication included in this bill would be subject to funds consolidation review by the current Legislature.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
601 Department of Transportation, 608 Department of Motor Vehicles, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:
UP, FR, NV, TG, SD