LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 26, 2011 TO: Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1145 by Geren (Relating to projects funded through the Texas emissions reduction plan.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would modify sections of the Health and Safety Code related to the New TechnologyResearch and Development (NTRD) program within the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP)program and would implement a recommendation in the report, "Eliminate the New TechnologyResearch and Development Program" in the Legislative Budget Board's Government Effectiveness and Efficiency Report submitted to the Eighty-second Texas Legislature, 2011. Section 1 of the bill would amend Chapter 386 of the Health and Safety Code to rename the NTRDprogram as the air quality research support program, and to establish the regional air monitoringprogram. Section 3 of the bill would remove the current 87.5 percent allocation for the diesel emissionsreduction incentive program, and provide that the program receive the balance of TERP Account No.5071 funding that is not used for other various statutory allowable uses of the funding. The bill wouldalso provide not more than $3,400,000 for administrative costs incurred by the TCEQ, whereas thatlimitation is 2 percent of money in the fund under current law. Section 3 of the bill would also remove a designation of nine percent of funding out of the GeneralRevenue-Dedicated TERP Account for the NTRD program. For the regional air monitoring program(TCEQ) regions 3 and 4, not more than $7 million would be allocated in 2012 and 2013, and not more than $3 million would be allocated in 2014 and in each subsequent year. The regional programs would be implemented under the TCEQ's oversight through a regional nonprofit entity. Section 7 would remove from Chapter 447 of the Government Code the authority of the TexasCommission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to fund the costs of verification of technologies withthe Environmental Protection Agency for projects developed under the NTRD program. The bill is not expected to result in a fiscal impact to the state; however, the level of funding forprograms funded out of the TERP Account No. 5071 would change, with funding shifting from theNTRD program (although no funding for the NTRD program was included in House Bill 1, AsIntroduced) and a portion of the diesel emissions reduction incentive program to the regional airmonitoring program and to TERP program administration. The actual change in program fundinglevels would depend on the amount the legislature would allocate to each of the programs eligible forTERP funding. Local Government Impact The allocation of the full authorized amount for the air monitoring program would reduce available funding for the other NTRD program grants. Because local governmental entities are not usually the recipients of the NTRD grant funding, no significant fiscal impact on local governments is anticipated. Source Agencies:582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 712 Texas Engineering Experiment Station LBB Staff: JOB, SZ, JI, PM, KKR
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 26, 2011
TO: Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1145 by Geren (Relating to projects funded through the Texas emissions reduction plan.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1145 by Geren (Relating to projects funded through the Texas emissions reduction plan.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB1145 by Geren (Relating to projects funded through the Texas emissions reduction plan.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB1145 by Geren (Relating to projects funded through the Texas emissions reduction plan.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would modify sections of the Health and Safety Code related to the New TechnologyResearch and Development (NTRD) program within the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP)program and would implement a recommendation in the report, "Eliminate the New TechnologyResearch and Development Program" in the Legislative Budget Board's Government Effectiveness and Efficiency Report submitted to the Eighty-second Texas Legislature, 2011. Section 1 of the bill would amend Chapter 386 of the Health and Safety Code to rename the NTRDprogram as the air quality research support program, and to establish the regional air monitoringprogram. Section 3 of the bill would remove the current 87.5 percent allocation for the diesel emissionsreduction incentive program, and provide that the program receive the balance of TERP Account No.5071 funding that is not used for other various statutory allowable uses of the funding. The bill wouldalso provide not more than $3,400,000 for administrative costs incurred by the TCEQ, whereas thatlimitation is 2 percent of money in the fund under current law. Section 3 of the bill would also remove a designation of nine percent of funding out of the GeneralRevenue-Dedicated TERP Account for the NTRD program. For the regional air monitoring program(TCEQ) regions 3 and 4, not more than $7 million would be allocated in 2012 and 2013, and not more than $3 million would be allocated in 2014 and in each subsequent year. The regional programs would be implemented under the TCEQ's oversight through a regional nonprofit entity. Section 7 would remove from Chapter 447 of the Government Code the authority of the TexasCommission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to fund the costs of verification of technologies withthe Environmental Protection Agency for projects developed under the NTRD program. The bill is not expected to result in a fiscal impact to the state; however, the level of funding forprograms funded out of the TERP Account No. 5071 would change, with funding shifting from theNTRD program (although no funding for the NTRD program was included in House Bill 1, AsIntroduced) and a portion of the diesel emissions reduction incentive program to the regional airmonitoring program and to TERP program administration. The actual change in program fundinglevels would depend on the amount the legislature would allocate to each of the programs eligible forTERP funding.
The bill would modify sections of the Health and Safety Code related to the New TechnologyResearch and Development (NTRD) program within the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP)program and would implement a recommendation in the report, "Eliminate the New TechnologyResearch and Development Program" in the Legislative Budget Board's Government Effectiveness and Efficiency Report submitted to the Eighty-second Texas Legislature, 2011.
Section 1 of the bill would amend Chapter 386 of the Health and Safety Code to rename the NTRDprogram as the air quality research support program, and to establish the regional air monitoringprogram.
Section 3 of the bill would remove the current 87.5 percent allocation for the diesel emissionsreduction incentive program, and provide that the program receive the balance of TERP Account No.5071 funding that is not used for other various statutory allowable uses of the funding. The bill wouldalso provide not more than $3,400,000 for administrative costs incurred by the TCEQ, whereas thatlimitation is 2 percent of money in the fund under current law.
Section 3 of the bill would also remove a designation of nine percent of funding out of the GeneralRevenue-Dedicated TERP Account for the NTRD program. For the regional air monitoring program(TCEQ) regions 3 and 4, not more than $7 million would be allocated in 2012 and 2013, and not more than $3 million would be allocated in 2014 and in each subsequent year. The regional programs would be implemented under the TCEQ's oversight through a regional nonprofit entity.
Section 7 would remove from Chapter 447 of the Government Code the authority of the TexasCommission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to fund the costs of verification of technologies withthe Environmental Protection Agency for projects developed under the NTRD program.
The bill is not expected to result in a fiscal impact to the state; however, the level of funding forprograms funded out of the TERP Account No. 5071 would change, with funding shifting from theNTRD program (although no funding for the NTRD program was included in House Bill 1, AsIntroduced) and a portion of the diesel emissions reduction incentive program to the regional airmonitoring program and to TERP program administration. The actual change in program fundinglevels would depend on the amount the legislature would allocate to each of the programs eligible forTERP funding.
Local Government Impact
The allocation of the full authorized amount for the air monitoring program would reduce available funding for the other NTRD program grants. Because local governmental entities are not usually the recipients of the NTRD grant funding, no significant fiscal impact on local governments is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 712 Texas Engineering Experiment Station
582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 712 Texas Engineering Experiment Station
LBB Staff: JOB, SZ, JI, PM, KKR
JOB, SZ, JI, PM, KKR