LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 24, 2023

TO:	Honorable Ryan Guillen, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2283 by Martinez (Relating to the notification of a peace officer through an indication associated with vehicle registration that the vehicle owner may be transporting a person with a disability.), As Introduced

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB2283, As Introduced : an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2025.

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

General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2024	$0
2025	$0
2026	$0
2027	$0
2028	$0

All Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable (Cost) from Tx Dept of Motor Vehicles Fnd 10
2024	($268,460)
2025	$0
2026	$0
2027	$0
2028	$0

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would amend the Transportation Code to require an application for vehicle registration to provide a space for an applicant to voluntarily indicate that the applicant may transport a person with a disability.  

The bill would allow the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to provide the Department of Public Safety (DPS) with the vehicle registration information for the purpose of alerting a peace officer who makes a traffic stop that the operator may be transporting a person with a disability. 

The bill would make the information provided to each agency confidential and for agency use only. 

The bill would take effect September 1, 2023.

Methodology

According to DMV, the agency would incur one-time technology costs totaling $268,460 in fiscal year 2024 from the TxDMV Fund No. 10 to add an indicator to capture a voluntary indication from an applicant who may transport a person with a disability within multiple department transaction systems including the Registration and Title system, webDEALER, Internet Vehicle Title and Registration Service system, and the Texas International Registration Plan system.

According to DPS, any costs to the agency associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

405 Department of Public Safety, 608 Department of Motor Vehicles

LBB Staff:

JMc, DDel, KFB, DA