LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 26, 2017 TO: Honorable Charles Perry, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB696 by Perry (relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability models for certain river basins.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB696, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2019. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 26, 2017
TO: Honorable Charles Perry, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB696 by Perry (relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability models for certain river basins.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Charles Perry, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB696 by Perry (relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability models for certain river basins.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Charles Perry, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
Honorable Charles Perry, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB696 by Perry (relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability models for certain river basins.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB696 by Perry (relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability models for certain river basins.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB696, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2019. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB696, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2019.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds 2018 $0 2019 $0 2020 $0 2021 $0 2022 $0
2018 $0
2019 $0
2020 $0
2021 $0
2022 $0
All Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable (Cost) fromWater Resource Management153 2018 ($2,503,000) 2019 $0 2020 $0 2021 $0 2022 $0
Fiscal Year Probable (Cost) fromWater Resource Management153 2018 ($2,503,000) 2019 $0 2020 $0 2021 $0 2022 $0
2018 ($2,503,000)
2019 $0
2020 $0
2021 $0
2022 $0
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend Texas Water Code, Section 16.012 to require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to obtain or develop updated water availability models for the Brazos, Guadalupe, San Antonio, Sulphur, and Rio Grande River basins. The bill would take effect September 1, 2017.
Methodology
TCEQ's estimates assume that the agency would update the water availability models through a contract, and would include costs of peer review of the work. TCEQ estimates that costs for the contract would total $2,503,000 in fiscal year 2018; $275,000 for the Brazos River Basin; $1,210,000 for the Guadalupe/San Antonio River Basin; $248,000 for the Sulphur River Basin; and $770,000 for the Rio Grande River Basin. This analysis assumes that all other staff related costs necessary to implement the provisions of the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
582 Commission on Environmental Quality
LBB Staff: UP, PM, SZ, MW, MSO, JGA
UP, PM, SZ, MW, MSO, JGA