LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 20, 2021 TO: Honorable Robert Nichols, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB1505 by Paddie (relating to attachments for broadband service on utility poles owned by an electric cooperative and establishing and funding a pole replacement program for deployment of certain broadband facilities.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time. The bill would create the Broadband Pole Replacement Fund (fund) as a fund in the state treasury outside General Revenue. The bill would direct the Comptroller to make a one-time transfer of money received from the federal Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund to the fund. The bill would create the Texas Broadband Pole Replacement Program (program), administered by the Comptroller. The program would reimburse pole owners or broadband service providers the lesser of 50 percent of eligible pole replacement costs or $5,000 for removing and replacing existing poles in unserved areas for the purpose of accommodating the attachment of an eligible broadband facility.The PUC anticipates that the bill would have no significant fiscal impact to the agency and the provisions of the bill could be implemented using existing resources. Administrative costs to the Comptroller cannot be estimated at this time. Local Government ImpactNo fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: b > td > 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 473 Public Utility Commission of Texas, 475 Office of Public Utility Counsel LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, AAL, MB, RRE, CMA
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 20, 2021
TO: Honorable Robert Nichols, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB1505 by Paddie (relating to attachments for broadband service on utility poles owned by an electric cooperative and establishing and funding a pole replacement program for deployment of certain broadband facilities.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Robert Nichols, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1505 by Paddie (relating to attachments for broadband service on utility poles owned by an electric cooperative and establishing and funding a pole replacement program for deployment of certain broadband facilities.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
Honorable Robert Nichols, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation
Honorable Robert Nichols, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB1505 by Paddie (relating to attachments for broadband service on utility poles owned by an electric cooperative and establishing and funding a pole replacement program for deployment of certain broadband facilities.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
HB1505 by Paddie (relating to attachments for broadband service on utility poles owned by an electric cooperative and establishing and funding a pole replacement program for deployment of certain broadband facilities.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time.
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time.
The bill would create the Broadband Pole Replacement Fund (fund) as a fund in the state treasury outside General Revenue. The bill would direct the Comptroller to make a one-time transfer of money received from the federal Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund to the fund. The bill would create the Texas Broadband Pole Replacement Program (program), administered by the Comptroller. The program would reimburse pole owners or broadband service providers the lesser of 50 percent of eligible pole replacement costs or $5,000 for removing and replacing existing poles in unserved areas for the purpose of accommodating the attachment of an eligible broadband facility.The PUC anticipates that the bill would have no significant fiscal impact to the agency and the provisions of the bill could be implemented using existing resources. Administrative costs to the Comptroller cannot be estimated at this time.
The PUC anticipates that the bill would have no significant fiscal impact to the agency and the provisions of the bill could be implemented using existing resources. Administrative costs to the Comptroller cannot be estimated at this time.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: b > td > 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 473 Public Utility Commission of Texas, 475 Office of Public Utility Counsel
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 473 Public Utility Commission of Texas, 475 Office of Public Utility Counsel
LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, AAL, MB, RRE, CMA
JMc, AAL, MB, RRE, CMA