LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 30, 2025

TO:	Honorable Tom Craddick, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2621 by Meyer (relating to the recording and archiving of live video feed by the Texas Department of Transportation.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to record and archive, for at least 30 days, the live video feed of each TxDOT video camera. The bill would allow TxDOT to provide access to a recording to a law enforcement agency for use in criminal investigations or to respond to certain emergencies. The bill would take effect on September 1, 2025.

TxDOT estimates a cost of $42.8 million to the State Highway Fund over the five­-year period beginning in fiscal year 2026 to implement the provisions of the bill. Because the Legislature appropriates to TxDOT all State Highway Funds estimated to be available for each fiscal biennium, it is assumed that any costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill would be absorbed  by reallocating existing resources from other planned highway construction and maintenance projects.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

405 Department of Public Safety, 601 Department of Transportation

LBB Staff:

JMc, AAL, TG