Texas 2017 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB965 Introduced / Fiscal Note

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                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD    Austin, Texas      FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION            March 6, 2017      TO: Honorable Lyle Larson, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources      FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:HB965 by Springer (Relating to the authority of a retail public water utility to require an operator of a correctional facility to comply with water conservation measures.), As Introduced    No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  The bill would amend the Water Code to permit a retail public utility to require an operator of a correctional facility to comply with water conservation measures adopted or implemented by the retail public utility. Local Government Impact  There could be costs to comply with water conservation measures, these costs would depend on the size, location and resources of a correctional facility and could be offset with savings in water usage.   According to Lubbock County, requirements from the bill retrofitting a facility with additional controllers that would electronically limit the number of flushes, or time of showers, would cost an estimated $2.1 million for labor and materials. Other older facilities could be more costly to retrofit.   Cooke County estimates no significant fiscal impact from complying with the requirements of the bill.     Source Agencies:409 Commission on Jail Standards, 696 Department of Criminal Justice   LBB Staff:  UP, SZ, GG, BM    

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 6, 2017





  TO: Honorable Lyle Larson, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources      FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:HB965 by Springer (Relating to the authority of a retail public water utility to require an operator of a correctional facility to comply with water conservation measures.), As Introduced  

TO: Honorable Lyle Larson, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB965 by Springer (Relating to the authority of a retail public water utility to require an operator of a correctional facility to comply with water conservation measures.), As Introduced

 Honorable Lyle Larson, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources 

 Honorable Lyle Larson, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources 

 Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board

 Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board

HB965 by Springer (Relating to the authority of a retail public water utility to require an operator of a correctional facility to comply with water conservation measures.), As Introduced

HB965 by Springer (Relating to the authority of a retail public water utility to require an operator of a correctional facility to comply with water conservation measures.), As Introduced



No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.



The bill would amend the Water Code to permit a retail public utility to require an operator of a correctional facility to comply with water conservation measures adopted or implemented by the retail public utility.

Local Government Impact

 There could be costs to comply with water conservation measures, these costs would depend on the size, location and resources of a correctional facility and could be offset with savings in water usage.   According to Lubbock County, requirements from the bill retrofitting a facility with additional controllers that would electronically limit the number of flushes, or time of showers, would cost an estimated $2.1 million for labor and materials. Other older facilities could be more costly to retrofit.   Cooke County estimates no significant fiscal impact from complying with the requirements of the bill. 

There could be costs to comply with water conservation measures, these costs would depend on the size, location and resources of a correctional facility and could be offset with savings in water usage. 

  

According to Lubbock County, requirements from the bill retrofitting a facility with additional controllers that would electronically limit the number of flushes, or time of showers, would cost an estimated $2.1 million for labor and materials. Other older facilities could be more costly to retrofit. 

  

Cooke County estimates no significant fiscal impact from complying with the requirements of the bill. 

Source Agencies: 409 Commission on Jail Standards, 696 Department of Criminal Justice

409 Commission on Jail Standards, 696 Department of Criminal Justice

LBB Staff: UP, SZ, GG, BM

 UP, SZ, GG, BM