LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 25, 2015 TO: Honorable Ryan Guillen, Chair, House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB801 by King, Ken (relating to planning for the use of and liability resulting from prescribed burns by the Parks and Wildlife Department.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend portions of the Parks and Wildlife Code relating to prescribed burns on state land managed by the Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). The bill would require TPWD to develop a general plan for prescribed burns and specific plans for each burn site. Additionally, TPWD would be required to provide advanced notice of a planned burn to neighboring landowners and publish advanced notice in a newspaper in the county or counties in which the burn would be conducted. The bill would require TPWD to purchase liability insurance or establish a self-insurance fund. The bill would limit TPWD's liability to pay money damages in a claim to the required amount of insurance coverage. This analysis assumes the costs for purchasing liability insurance could be absorbed within existing appropriations from the Game, Fish, and Water Safety Account No. 9 and the State Parks Account No. 64. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 802 Parks and Wildlife Department LBB Staff: UP, SZ, MWl
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 25, 2015
TO: Honorable Ryan Guillen, Chair, House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB801 by King, Ken (relating to planning for the use of and liability resulting from prescribed burns by the Parks and Wildlife Department.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Ryan Guillen, Chair, House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB801 by King, Ken (relating to planning for the use of and liability resulting from prescribed burns by the Parks and Wildlife Department.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Ryan Guillen, Chair, House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Honorable Ryan Guillen, Chair, House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB801 by King, Ken (relating to planning for the use of and liability resulting from prescribed burns by the Parks and Wildlife Department.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB801 by King, Ken (relating to planning for the use of and liability resulting from prescribed burns by the Parks and Wildlife Department.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend portions of the Parks and Wildlife Code relating to prescribed burns on state land managed by the Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). The bill would require TPWD to develop a general plan for prescribed burns and specific plans for each burn site. Additionally, TPWD would be required to provide advanced notice of a planned burn to neighboring landowners and publish advanced notice in a newspaper in the county or counties in which the burn would be conducted. The bill would require TPWD to purchase liability insurance or establish a self-insurance fund. The bill would limit TPWD's liability to pay money damages in a claim to the required amount of insurance coverage. This analysis assumes the costs for purchasing liability insurance could be absorbed within existing appropriations from the Game, Fish, and Water Safety Account No. 9 and the State Parks Account No. 64.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 802 Parks and Wildlife Department
582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 802 Parks and Wildlife Department
LBB Staff: UP, SZ, MWl
UP, SZ, MWl