Honorable Robert Nichols, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB969 by Hancock (relating to the operation of personal delivery and mobile carrying devices.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Transportation Code concerning the regulation of certain personal delivery devices and mobile carrying devices in a pedestrian area or on the shoulder of a highway under certain circumstances. The bill would authorize local jurisdictions to regulate the operation of these devices in a manner not inconsistent with the bill. The bill would require a business entity that operates a personal delivery device to maintain an insurance policy.
According to the Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the bill would have no determinable fiscal impact to the agency at this time. However, future pedestrian and roadway design standards and projects could be required to consider these new technologies and additional space requirements. TxDOT cannot determine any additional design and/or construction costs that could be directly associated with operation of a personal delivery or mobile carrying devices on TxDOT pedestrian and road facilities.
Local Government Impact
According to the Texas Municipal League, no significant fiscal impact to cities is anticipated.