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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Taylor
DATE TYPED 2/18/05
HB
SHORT TITLE Emergency Medical Technician License Plates
SB 820
ANALYST Wilson
REVENUE
{Indicated amounts are in thousands, e.g., $100,000.00 should be $100.0}
Estimated Revenue
FY05 FY06
Subsequent
Years Im-
pact
Recurring or
Nonrecurring
Fund Affected
none
*
similar Recurring Motor Vehicle Division ($10 per plate issued)
none
*
similar Recurring
State Road Fund ($11 per plate issued)
none
*
similar Recurring
Local Governments ($4 per plate issued)
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)
(*)DOT has no information regarding the number of emergency medical technician special plates that
may be requested. The special plate fee of $25 is a one-time fee and applies only to the “original issu-
ance” of the plate.
SECTION III: NARRATIVE
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Department of Health (DOH)
Department of Public Safety (DPS)
Department of Transportation (DOT)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 820 requires the Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD) to issue special motor ve-
hicle registration plates to emergency medical technicians (EMT). The plates must be a standard-
ized special registration plate with a logo specified in current law indicating that the recipient is
an EMT.
The bill makes anyone who represents himself to be an emergency medical technician when they
are not will be guilty of a petty misdemeanor.