Texas 2025 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1407 Fiscal Note / Fiscal Note

Filed 04/21/2025

                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD     Austin, Texas       FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION             April 21, 2025       TO: Honorable Cody Harris, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB1407 by Guillen (relating to the provision of water or sewer service by public entities operating jointly or concurrently; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted     No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.  Local Government ImpactThere could be an impact on local governments as it gives public utility agencies the authority to issue bonds and impose an assessment to pay back the bond to acquire public utilities. The amount of the assessment is unknown.  Source Agencies: b > td > 302 Office of the Attorney General, 352 Bond Review Board, 473 Public Utility Commission of Texas, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality  LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, TUf, JBel, GDZ

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 21, 2025



TO: Honorable Cody Harris, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB1407 by Guillen (relating to the provision of water or sewer service by public entities operating jointly or concurrently; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

TO: Honorable Cody Harris, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1407 by Guillen (relating to the provision of water or sewer service by public entities operating jointly or concurrently; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted



Honorable Cody Harris, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources

Honorable Cody Harris, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources

Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board

Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board

HB1407 by Guillen (relating to the provision of water or sewer service by public entities operating jointly or concurrently; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

HB1407 by Guillen (relating to the provision of water or sewer service by public entities operating jointly or concurrently; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.

Local Government Impact

There could be an impact on local governments as it gives public utility agencies the authority to issue bonds and impose an assessment to pay back the bond to acquire public utilities. The amount of the assessment is unknown.

Source Agencies: b > td > 302 Office of the Attorney General, 352 Bond Review Board, 473 Public Utility Commission of Texas, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality



302 Office of the Attorney General, 352 Bond Review Board, 473 Public Utility Commission of Texas, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality

LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, TUf, JBel, GDZ



JMc, TUf, JBel, GDZ