Texas 2009 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB2895 House Committee Report / Fiscal Note

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                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD    Austin, Texas      FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION            April 13, 2009      TO: Honorable Byron Cook, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation      FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:HB2895 by Hancock (relating to compliance with federal occupational safety and health standards in environmental enforcement.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted    No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  The bill would provide that a violation did not occur if a person can establish that an act or event that otherwise would be a violation of a statute within the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ) jurisdiction or a rule adopted or an order or permit issued by the TCEQ under such a statute was caused solely by compliance with the general duty clause of the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.  The bill is not expected to have a signficant impact on the TCEQ's workload.  Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.    Source Agencies:582 Commission on Environmental Quality   LBB Staff:  JOB, SZ, TL, WK    

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 13, 2009





  TO: Honorable Byron Cook, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation      FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:HB2895 by Hancock (relating to compliance with federal occupational safety and health standards in environmental enforcement.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted  

TO: Honorable Byron Cook, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2895 by Hancock (relating to compliance with federal occupational safety and health standards in environmental enforcement.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

 Honorable Byron Cook, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation 

 Honorable Byron Cook, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation 

 John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board

 John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board

HB2895 by Hancock (relating to compliance with federal occupational safety and health standards in environmental enforcement.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

HB2895 by Hancock (relating to compliance with federal occupational safety and health standards in environmental enforcement.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted



No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.



The bill would provide that a violation did not occur if a person can establish that an act or event that otherwise would be a violation of a statute within the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ) jurisdiction or a rule adopted or an order or permit issued by the TCEQ under such a statute was caused solely by compliance with the general duty clause of the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.  The bill is not expected to have a signficant impact on the TCEQ's workload. 

The bill would provide that a violation did not occur if a person can establish that an act or event that otherwise would be a violation of a statute within the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ) jurisdiction or a rule adopted or an order or permit issued by the TCEQ under such a statute was caused solely by compliance with the general duty clause of the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. 

The bill is not expected to have a signficant impact on the TCEQ's workload. 

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies: 582 Commission on Environmental Quality

582 Commission on Environmental Quality

LBB Staff: JOB, SZ, TL, WK

 JOB, SZ, TL, WK