FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: January 11, 2024
Time Requested: 08:21 PM |
| Agency: |
Highways, Division of |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 1746 |
Introduced |
HB4266 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Roads and Transportation |
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FUND(S):
State Road Fund
Sources of Revenue:
Special Fund
Legislation creates:
Creates New Expense, Creates New Program
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
Summarize in a clear and concise manner what impact this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
This fiscal note is partially based on data from Pennsylvania in 2020 utilizing speed enforcement cameras in work zones. Over the past 3 years, DOH has average payment in construction contracts of almost $3.5 million in "Traffic Director" which is law enforcement presence on projects and "speed Monitoring Trailer" which are digital feedback signs equipped with radar to display a vehicle's speed enforcement systems. In 2020, Pennsylvania's operating costs were $3 million and revenue from fines collected were $1.7 million. Based on the above and conservatively estimating revenue from fines collected at $1 million, a potential net positive revenue of $1.5 million upon full implementation is anticipated.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2024
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2025
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
50,000 |
3,000,000 |
3,000,000 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
-3,500,000 |
-3,500,000 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
1,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
Please explain increases and decreases in personal services, current expenses, repairs and alterations, assets, other costs and revenues, including assumptions and data sources and delineation between start-up and ongoing costs. Please also include a long-range schedule of costs and revenues if fiscal impact is expected to vary in future years.
FY24 estimated total cost would be preparing legislative rule and contract bid documents. FY25 and full implementation estimated total costs would be programming and system administration cost (based on PennDOT). FY25 and full implementation current expense would be reduction in costs for Traffic Director and Speed Monitoring Trailer items on construction projects. FY25 and full implementation Estimated Revenues are based on PennDOT revenue in 2020 ($1.7 million), conservatively reduced to $1 million.
Memorandum
Please identify any areas of vagueness, technical defects, reasons a bill would not have a fiscal impact, and/or any special issues not captured elsewhere on this form.
This note does not contemplate reduction in costs for law enforcement performing enforcement on DOH projects, which cold potentially be significantly reduced or eliminated on projects utilizing camera enforcement. In 2020, Pennsylvania experienced the following: 1) Collected $1.7 million in fine remittance through 219,000 violations (80% of all captured speeding events). 2) Costs: $1.5 million in program administration (schedules, deploys, manages data) and $1.5 million in system administration (license plate data verification, violation issuance). 3) Had 2,085 deployments with 17 units (vehicle based). 4) 88% were first time violators (warning only); 12% were repeat violations with fines. 5) Both percent of vehicles traveling over the work zone speed limit and the percentage of vehicles excessively speeding were reduced by 17% and 44% (rounded) respectively. 6) Hired 2 full time hearing officers for automated work zone speed enforcement appeals. It should be noted that if even 5% of the socioeconomic costs (2020) associated with the fatalities and injuries resulting from work zone crashes could be recaptured, that would result in a $2.5 million savings to the public.
Through a program to enhance speed enforcement in work zones by the Governor's Highway Safety Program (GHSP), 2,665 speeding tickets were issued in work zones according to data from 2020. These are only those tickets issued when overtime enforcement was paid through GHSP (work zone blitz) and does not represent any work zone tickets written through normal law enforcement activity. In 2020, there were 702 crashes in work zones resulting in 238 injuries and 4 fatalities.
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Jonathan W Schaffer
Email Address: Jonathan.w.schaffer@wv.gov