LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 25, 2009 TO: Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1386 by Seliger (Relating to priority groundwater management areas.), As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would extend the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) critical groundwater problem evaluation period from 25 years to 50 years. The bill would clarify that the TCEQ has the authority to adopt rules for the creation of a groundwater conservation district (GCD) or the addition of a primary groundwater management area (PMGA) to an existing GCD for any PGMA that was designated as a critical area before September 1, 1997. The bill would provide that the 50-year evaluation period is relevant only to designation of a PGMA after the effective date of the Act, and that designation of a PGMA made before the effective date is governed by the law in effect on the date when the designation occurred. Any costs to the TWDB and the TCEQ in implementing the provisions of the bill are not expected to be significant. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:580 Water Development Board, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality LBB Staff: JOB, WK, TL
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 25, 2009
TO: Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1386 by Seliger (Relating to priority groundwater management areas.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1386 by Seliger (Relating to priority groundwater management areas.), As Introduced
Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB1386 by Seliger (Relating to priority groundwater management areas.), As Introduced
SB1386 by Seliger (Relating to priority groundwater management areas.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would extend the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) critical groundwater problem evaluation period from 25 years to 50 years. The bill would clarify that the TCEQ has the authority to adopt rules for the creation of a groundwater conservation district (GCD) or the addition of a primary groundwater management area (PMGA) to an existing GCD for any PGMA that was designated as a critical area before September 1, 1997. The bill would provide that the 50-year evaluation period is relevant only to designation of a PGMA after the effective date of the Act, and that designation of a PGMA made before the effective date is governed by the law in effect on the date when the designation occurred. Any costs to the TWDB and the TCEQ in implementing the provisions of the bill are not expected to be significant.
The bill would extend the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) critical groundwater problem evaluation period from 25 years to 50 years. The bill would clarify that the TCEQ has the authority to adopt rules for the creation of a groundwater conservation district (GCD) or the addition of a primary groundwater management area (PMGA) to an existing GCD for any PGMA that was designated as a critical area before September 1, 1997. The bill would provide that the 50-year evaluation period is relevant only to designation of a PGMA after the effective date of the Act, and that designation of a PGMA made before the effective date is governed by the law in effect on the date when the designation occurred.
Any costs to the TWDB and the TCEQ in implementing the provisions of the bill are not expected to be significant.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 580 Water Development Board, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
580 Water Development Board, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
LBB Staff: JOB, WK, TL
JOB, WK, TL