LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION


May 18, 2021

TO:	Honorable Charles Perry, Chair, Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board

IN RE:	HB2667 by Smithee (relating to universal service fund assistance to high cost rural areas and the uniform charge that funds the universal service fund.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

It is assumed that the costs associated with the bill's provisions relating to universal service fund assistance to high cost rural areas and the uniform charge that funds the universal service fund could be absorbed using existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

473 Public Utility Commission of Texas, 475 Office of Public Utility Counsel

LBB Staff:

JMc, AJL, MB, RRE, SMAT