SB 283 – HB 881
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal Review Committee
Tennessee General Assembly
February 12, 2025
Fiscal Analyst: Rebecca Chandler | Email: rebecca.chandler@capitol.tn.gov | Phone: 615-741-2564
SB 283 – HB 881
SUMMARY OF BILL: Prohibits the Department of Environment and Conservation
(TDEC) from requiring an installer of subsurface sewage disposal systems (SSDS), who is in good
standing with the department, to pay a renewal fee as a condition of renewing such installer’s septic
system installer license.
FISCAL IMPACT:
STATE GOVERNMENT
REVENUE Environmental Protection Fund
FY25-26 & Subsequent Years ($560,500)
Assumptions:
• The Division of Water Resources, within TDEC, issues installer licenses for both
conventional SSDS and alternative SSDS.
• The annual license renewal fee for an installer license of conventional SSDS is $200 and
$100 for installers of alternative SSDS.
• Based on information provided by TDEC, in FY23-24, revenue from renewals of licenses
for installers of conventional SSDS totaled $517,800 and revenue from renewals of licenses
for installation of alternative SSDS totaled $42,700, for a total of $560,500 ($517,800 +
$42,700).
• It is assumed that renewal fee revenue would remain constant into perpetuity under current
law.
• This legislation will result in a recurring decrease in license renewal fee revenue to the
Environmental Protection Fund in FY25-26 and subsequent years of $560,500.
CERTIFICATION:
The information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Bojan Savic, Executive Director