Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4496 Fiscal Note / Fiscal Note

Filed 04/26/2021

                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD     Austin, Texas       FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION             April 26, 2021       TO: Honorable Joe Deshotel, Chair, House Committee on Land & Resource Management     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB4496 by Hinojosa (Relating to municipal and county building codes.), As Introduced     No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend Chapter 388 of the Health and Safety Code to adopt the International Residential Code, as it exists on May 1, 2021, as the energy code for single-family residential construction.  The bill would take effect January 1, 2022.It is assumed that the costs associated with the bill's provisions relating to municipal and county building codes could be absorbed using existing resources.  Local Government ImpactAccording to the Texas Association of Counties, no significant fiscal implication to counties is anticipated. According to the Texas Municipal League, no fiscal implication to municipalities is anticipated.  Source Agencies: b > td > 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality  LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, AJL, LCO, MBO, AF

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 26, 2021

 

 

  TO: Honorable Joe Deshotel, Chair, House Committee on Land & Resource Management     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB4496 by Hinojosa (Relating to municipal and county building codes.), As Introduced   

TO: Honorable Joe Deshotel, Chair, House Committee on Land & Resource Management
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB4496 by Hinojosa (Relating to municipal and county building codes.), As Introduced

 Honorable Joe Deshotel, Chair, House Committee on Land & Resource Management

 Honorable Joe Deshotel, Chair, House Committee on Land & Resource Management

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 HB4496 by Hinojosa (Relating to municipal and county building codes.), As Introduced 

 HB4496 by Hinojosa (Relating to municipal and county building codes.), As Introduced 



No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Chapter 388 of the Health and Safety Code to adopt the International Residential Code, as it exists on May 1, 2021, as the energy code for single-family residential construction.  The bill would take effect January 1, 2022.It is assumed that the costs associated with the bill's provisions relating to municipal and county building codes could be absorbed using existing resources.

 Local Government Impact

According to the Texas Association of Counties, no significant fiscal implication to counties is anticipated. According to the Texas Municipal League, no fiscal implication to municipalities is anticipated.

Source Agencies: b > td > 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality

304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality

LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, AJL, LCO, MBO, AF

JMc, AJL, LCO, MBO, AF