LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 26, 2021

TO:
Honorable Terry Canales, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
 
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB1209 by Cortez (Relating to contracts authorizing the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Chapter 707 of the Transportation Code, relating to the prohibition of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems, to stipulate that a contract that violates Chapter 707 is void. The bill would repeal Sections 7(a) and (b), Chapter 372 (House Bill 1631), Acts of the Eighty-sixth Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, related to a local authority's authorization to operate a photographic traffic signal enforcement system until the expiration date specified in a contract entered into by the local authority for administration of the system as the contract existed on May 7, 2019.

Based on the information provided by the Texas Department of Transportation, it is assumed implementation of the bill would not result in a significant operational or fiscal impact to the agency or the State.

Local Government Impact

Because the number and remaining terms of any active local government contracts related to the administration of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems is unknown, the fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time.


Source Agencies:
601 Department of Transportation
LBB Staff:
JMc, AAL, MB, TG, AF