LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 14, 2009 TO: Honorable Garnet Coleman, Chair, House Committee on County Affairs FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB4042 by Christian (Relating to county transportation access plans.), As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would add Subchapter E to Chapter 615, Local Government Code, to require a transportation access plan approved by a county to be submitted to the Railroad Commission or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) before the approval, issuance, or renewal of a license, permit, or registration for an injection well for any location within the unincorporated area of the county. The access plan would be required to provide for recovery by the county for any additional costs to the county for construction or maintenance of county roads for access to the licensed, permitted, or registered site. Any additional costs would be determined by an independent licensed professional engineer. By order of the commissioners court, a county may waive the requirements of the subchapter. The Railroad Commission and TCEQ report that they would have to adjust their permit requirements and rules, and staff would have to review the location of a well, but the agencies assume these actions could be achieved with existing resources. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:455 Railroad Commission, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality LBB Staff: JOB, DB
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 14, 2009
TO: Honorable Garnet Coleman, Chair, House Committee on County Affairs FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB4042 by Christian (Relating to county transportation access plans.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Garnet Coleman, Chair, House Committee on County Affairs
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB4042 by Christian (Relating to county transportation access plans.), As Introduced
Honorable Garnet Coleman, Chair, House Committee on County Affairs
Honorable Garnet Coleman, Chair, House Committee on County Affairs
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB4042 by Christian (Relating to county transportation access plans.), As Introduced
HB4042 by Christian (Relating to county transportation access plans.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would add Subchapter E to Chapter 615, Local Government Code, to require a transportation access plan approved by a county to be submitted to the Railroad Commission or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) before the approval, issuance, or renewal of a license, permit, or registration for an injection well for any location within the unincorporated area of the county. The access plan would be required to provide for recovery by the county for any additional costs to the county for construction or maintenance of county roads for access to the licensed, permitted, or registered site. Any additional costs would be determined by an independent licensed professional engineer. By order of the commissioners court, a county may waive the requirements of the subchapter. The Railroad Commission and TCEQ report that they would have to adjust their permit requirements and rules, and staff would have to review the location of a well, but the agencies assume these actions could be achieved with existing resources.
The bill would add Subchapter E to Chapter 615, Local Government Code, to require a transportation access plan approved by a county to be submitted to the Railroad Commission or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) before the approval, issuance, or renewal of a license, permit, or registration for an injection well for any location within the unincorporated area of the county. The access plan would be required to provide for recovery by the county for any additional costs to the county for construction or maintenance of county roads for access to the licensed, permitted, or registered site. Any additional costs would be determined by an independent licensed professional engineer. By order of the commissioners court, a county may waive the requirements of the subchapter.
The Railroad Commission and TCEQ report that they would have to adjust their permit requirements and rules, and staff would have to review the location of a well, but the agencies assume these actions could be achieved with existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 455 Railroad Commission, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
455 Railroad Commission, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
LBB Staff: JOB, DB
JOB, DB