Honorable Robert Nichols, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB711 by Hinojosa (relating to allowing safety recall information to be included in a vehicle inspection report.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB711, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2021.
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
2020
$0
2021
$0
2022
$0
2023
$0
2024
$0
Fiscal Year
Probable Savings/(Cost) from Clean Air Account 151
2020
($800,000)
2021
2022
2023
2024
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would allow the Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to adopt rules providing for notification of safety recall information on a vehicle inspection report for vehicles inspected in a county that is included in a vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program.
The bill would allow the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to adopt rules providing for notification of safety recall information on a vehicle inspection report. The bill would allow DPS to accept gifts, grants, and donations from any source to provide safety recall notifications.
Methodology
Based on information provided by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, this estimate assumes TCEQ would be required to modify vehicle emissions analyzer software to align the safety inspection sequence to the items of inspection as provided in the bill for an estimated one-time cost of $800,000 in fiscal year 2020.
Technology
According to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ would require modification to vehicle emission analyzer software, for an estimated one-time cost of $800,000 in fiscal year 2020.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
405 Department of Public Safety, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality