LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 20, 2011 TO: Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1003 by Fraser (Relating to penalties for, and emergency orders suspending, the operation of a rock crusher or certain concrete plants without a current permit under the Texas Clean Air Act.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would provide conditional discretion to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in imposing a penalty on a rock crushing facility if the person operating the facility holds any type of permit issued by the commission, even if the permit held is not the permit required for the facility. In addition, the bill would grant the TCEQ the option to issue an emergency order to suspend the operation of a rock crusher or cement plant instead of mandating a shutdown. The TCEQ reports that the bill's passage could result in a minimal decrease in the amount of penalties deposited to the General Revenue Fund. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts LBB Staff: JOB, SZ, TL
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 20, 2011
TO: Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1003 by Fraser (Relating to penalties for, and emergency orders suspending, the operation of a rock crusher or certain concrete plants without a current permit under the Texas Clean Air Act.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1003 by Fraser (Relating to penalties for, and emergency orders suspending, the operation of a rock crusher or certain concrete plants without a current permit under the Texas Clean Air Act.), Committee Report 2nd 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
SB1003 by Fraser (Relating to penalties for, and emergency orders suspending, the operation of a rock crusher or certain concrete plants without a current permit under the Texas Clean Air Act.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
SB1003 by Fraser (Relating to penalties for, and emergency orders suspending, the operation of a rock crusher or certain concrete plants without a current permit under the Texas Clean Air Act.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would provide conditional discretion to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in imposing a penalty on a rock crushing facility if the person operating the facility holds any type of permit issued by the commission, even if the permit held is not the permit required for the facility. In addition, the bill would grant the TCEQ the option to issue an emergency order to suspend the operation of a rock crusher or cement plant instead of mandating a shutdown. The TCEQ reports that the bill's passage could result in a minimal decrease in the amount of penalties deposited to the General Revenue Fund.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: JOB, SZ, TL
JOB, SZ, TL