LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATURE 2nd CALLED SESSION 2025
 
August 20, 2025

TO:
Honorable Ken King, Chair, House Committee on Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
 
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB5 by Huffman (Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.), As Engrossed


Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB5, As Engrossed: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2027.

Appropriations:

Fiscal Year Appropriation out of
Economic Stabilization Fund
599
2026$294,000,000
2027$0

General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact:

Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to
General Revenue Related Funds
2026$0
2027$0
2028$0
2029$0
2030$0

All Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year Probable (Cost) from
Economic Stabilization Fund
599
2026($294,000,000)
2027$0
2028$0
2029$0
2030$0


Fiscal Analysis

This bill would appropriate from the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) to Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor for the two-year period beginning the effective date of this Act:

(1)  $200,000,000 for federal disaster funding match and for disaster needs of the state;
(2)  $50,000,000 for grants to local governments in certain counties to purchase a system of flood warning sirens and rain gauges;
(3)  $24,000,000 for grants for enhanced atmospheric measurement and modeling techniques; and
(4)  $20,000,000 for grants to the Harris Fort Bend Emergency Services District No. 100 for a swift water training facility.

The bill would take effect on the later of; the earliest date on which it may take effect under Section 14, Article IV, Texas Constitution, or September 1, 2025, and only if it receives a vote of two-thirds of the members present in each house of the legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas Constitution.

Methodology

The above tables reflect total appropriations made in the bill.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:
JMc, CMA, KK, SD