LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 29, 2023 TO: Honorable Brooks Landgraf, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB4489 by Harris, Cody (Relating to complaints regarding odors emanating from poultry facilities.), As Introduced The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined because the timing, number, and amounts of penalties that would be assessed under the provisions of the bill cannot be estimated.The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to require the owner or operator of a poultry facility for which TCEQ has conducted three odor complaint investigations during a twelve month period to undergo a comprehensive assessment by the State Soil and Water Conservation Board (SSWCB) of its SSWCB-approved water quality management plan to determine if the odor control plan is sufficient to control odors or to develop an odor control plan if the facility was not previously required to have one. The bill would require TCEQ to issue a violation if the owner or operator fails to have an approved water plan, fails to implement corrective actions to the findings of the assessment of its water quality management plan, or fails to develop an odor control plan after being required to do so under the provisions of the bill.Based on information provided by the Comptroller of Public Accounts and the TCEQ, the fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined because the timing, number, and amounts of penalties that would be assessed under the provisions of the bill cannot be estimated. Local Government ImpactNo significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: b > td > 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 592 Soil and Water Conservation Board LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, KDw, MW, DKN
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 29, 2023
TO: Honorable Brooks Landgraf, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB4489 by Harris, Cody (Relating to complaints regarding odors emanating from poultry facilities.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Brooks Landgraf, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB4489 by Harris, Cody (Relating to complaints regarding odors emanating from poultry facilities.), As Introduced
Honorable Brooks Landgraf, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
Honorable Brooks Landgraf, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB4489 by Harris, Cody (Relating to complaints regarding odors emanating from poultry facilities.), As Introduced
HB4489 by Harris, Cody (Relating to complaints regarding odors emanating from poultry facilities.), As Introduced
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined because the timing, number, and amounts of penalties that would be assessed under the provisions of the bill cannot be estimated.The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined because the timing, number, and amounts of penalties that would be assessed under the provisions of the bill cannot be estimated.The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to require the owner or operator of a poultry facility for which TCEQ has conducted three odor complaint investigations during a twelve month period to undergo a comprehensive assessment by the State Soil and Water Conservation Board (SSWCB) of its SSWCB-approved water quality management plan to determine if the odor control plan is sufficient to control odors or to develop an odor control plan if the facility was not previously required to have one. The bill would require TCEQ to issue a violation if the owner or operator fails to have an approved water plan, fails to implement corrective actions to the findings of the assessment of its water quality management plan, or fails to develop an odor control plan after being required to do so under the provisions of the bill.Based on information provided by the Comptroller of Public Accounts and the TCEQ, the fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined because the timing, number, and amounts of penalties that would be assessed under the provisions of the bill cannot be estimated.
Based on information provided by the Comptroller of Public Accounts and the TCEQ, the fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined because the timing, number, and amounts of penalties that would be assessed under the provisions of the bill cannot be estimated.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: b > td > 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 592 Soil and Water Conservation Board
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 592 Soil and Water Conservation Board
LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, KDw, MW, DKN
JMc, KDw, MW, DKN