LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 10, 2011 TO: Honorable Troy Fraser, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB430 by Nichols (Relating to written notice to a groundwater conservation district of groundwater contamination.), As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would add groundwater conservation districts to the list of entities the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) must notify within 30 days after the agency's executive director confirms that usable groundwater has been or is being contaminated, and that as a result of this contamination, a potential public health hazard exists, if the contamination has occurred or is occurring in the jurisdiction of the district. The TCEQ reports that the agency has already adopted the policy of including Groundwater Conservation Districts in notices affected by the bill. Therefore, the bill's passage is not expected to have a significant impact on the agency. 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
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 10, 2011
TO: Honorable Troy Fraser, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB430 by Nichols (Relating to written notice to a groundwater conservation district of groundwater contamination.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Troy Fraser, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB430 by Nichols (Relating to written notice to a groundwater conservation district of groundwater contamination.), As Introduced
Honorable Troy Fraser, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
Honorable Troy Fraser, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB430 by Nichols (Relating to written notice to a groundwater conservation district of groundwater contamination.), As Introduced
SB430 by Nichols (Relating to written notice to a groundwater conservation district of groundwater contamination.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would add groundwater conservation districts to the list of entities the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) must notify within 30 days after the agency's executive director confirms that usable groundwater has been or is being contaminated, and that as a result of this contamination, a potential public health hazard exists, if the contamination has occurred or is occurring in the jurisdiction of the district. The TCEQ reports that the agency has already adopted the policy of including Groundwater Conservation Districts in notices affected by the bill. Therefore, the bill's passage is not expected to have a significant impact on the agency.
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
JOB, SZ, TL